Otago Surf

Detailed Otago surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Otago. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Otago. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Otago over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Otago and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Otago Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Otago Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Otago coastline are also listed below.

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	Thu		Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Possums Reef Otago
Rating	2	2	1	3	3	1	2	2	4	4	4	3	3	2	0	2	3	3	1	1	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 NE	2.3 SW	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	0.6 S	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	0.7 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	10	10	10	15	14	14	13	13	13	9	12	12	12	11	12	6	8	11	8	10	8
Energy(?)	1067	365	205	272	654	131	395	331	345	285	68	2616	918	428	238	156	175	581	132	198	39	178
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			5:15AM 1.65	5:35PM 1.54		5:10AM 1.66	5:24PM 1.55		5:22AM 1.68	5:47PM 1.55		6:02AM 1.67	6:19PM 1.52		6:41AM 1.66		8:40PM 1.44	9:07AM 1.55		9:31PM 1.45	8:32AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)		9:48PM 0.34	11:35AM 0.33		10:30PM 0.36	11:25AM 0.42		11:31PM 0.28	12:00PM 0.34		11:59PM 0.43	12:43PM 0.36		12:57AM 0.32		2:18PM 0.41	2:30AM 0.39		3:02PM 0.41	3:16AM 0.39		3:02PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	20	12	10	11	10	11	11	15	14	11	10	10	9	14	14	12	21	22	19	22	23
Low °C	17	17	11	9	10	10	10	10	14	13	8	10	10	7	11	14	12	18	21	17	21	23
Chill °C (?)	16	20	10	7	9	10	8	10	15	14	8	8	8	7	13	12	10	21	22	19	22	23
Sunrise	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:46	-
Sunset	8:53	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:57	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:57	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 NE	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	0.6 S	0.8 S	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	10	10	10	10	10	14	13	13	13	9	12	12	12	11	12	11	7	8	8	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	0.9 NE	0.5 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 S
Period (s)	14	5	14	14	15	14	10	9	9	9	14	9	9	9	5	12	12	11	11	11	10	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NE	1.1 NE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	-	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	-	0.4 NE	0.7 NE	1.0 ENE	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	1.8 NE	-	0.4 NE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	9	5	2	4	-	-	3	4	-	-	12	12	-	3	5	5	6	8	8	-	3	8

	Thursday 20			Friday 21								Saturday 22								Sunday 23
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	14	14	10	10	10	10	10	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	304	322	367	357	348	217	275	173	176	742	678	654	637	602	535	400	129	152	336	331	269	294
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						4:29AM 1.67				4:24PM 1.62				4:41AM 1.71				6:18PM 1.51				5:31AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)				11:07PM 0.30				10:38AM 0.30				10:50PM 0.28				12:14PM 0.35				12:25AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	22	18	20	15	16	16	11	11	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	9	8
Chill °C (?)	25	22	17	20	15	16	16	8	9	10	10	8	9	9	10	8	8	9	10	11	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	8:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	1.0 SW	0.7 ENE	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	10	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 NE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	15	15	14	5	5	6	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	10	14	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.9 ENE	1.3 NE	1.1 NE	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	-	0.3 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	5	5	-	3	3	3	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	4	-	-

	Thursday 20										Friday 21
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	14	14	9	9	9	9	9	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	357	380	1067	1067	354	242	268	216	222	305	297	757	757	669	675	337	278	115	268	273	217	217
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)				4:53PM 1.58											3:59AM 1.74		5:15AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)																						10:17AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	25	17	17	23	18	18	18	18	18	17	20	20	20	20	19	17	14	13	11	13	13
Chill °C (?)	24	25	16	16	23	18	18	17	17	18	17	20	20	20	20	19	17	13	11	8	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	10	9	14	14	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	6	14	5	5	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	1.7 NE	1.8 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	-	-	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	3	4	9	9	5	4	4	5	5	-	-	5	5	3	3	3	-	-	-	3	3	3