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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	Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Sat
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	15	14	7	13	11	12	12	11	12	11	11	12	11	6	7	16	15	10
Energy(?)	126	103	196	175	208	164	15	41	49	55	54	56	53	96	76	28	48	123	85	192	320	366
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:28PM 1.92		4:31AM 2.58	5:27PM 1.83		5:59AM 1.95	5:34PM 1.87		5:45AM 2.01	6:04PM 1.87	7:20PM 1.77	7:52AM 1.84		8:18PM 1.74	7:27AM 1.82		7:49PM 1.71	9:41AM 1.71		10:09PM 1.66	10:34AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)			9:57PM 0.52	10:27AM 0.62		11:42PM 0.04	12:16PM 0.11		12:33AM 0.06	12:02PM 0.12		1:24AM 0.12		1:55PM 0.19	2:15AM 0.19		2:13PM 0.22	2:08AM 0.23		3:35PM 0.31	3:59AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	7	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	11	17	17	14	15	15	13	15	16	15	18	15	15	21	21	15	14	13	13	13
Low °C	12	13	10	13	15	13	15	15	12	14	16	14	18	14	14	19	16	12	13	13	12	13
Chill °C (?)	12	12	10	16	17	14	15	14	12	15	16	14	18	15	14	21	21	15	14	12	11	12
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	9:25	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	5	6	8	11	9	8	11	12	11	11	8	11	6	7	7	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 NE
Period (s)	8	8	18	16	9	14	7	7	9	12	10	8	6	9	9	12	8	7	7	16	15	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NE	0.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	-	0.6 ENE	-	0.9 SW
Period (s)	-	-	8	4	5	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	4	6	-	7	-	10

	Saturday 03							Sunday 04								Monday 05
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	2	1	2	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	0.7 SE	1.0 S	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	16	7	16	15	14	9	8	5	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	334	343	204	53	108	157	161	103	211	178	201	169	139	208	41	59	64	96	120	98	41	52
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	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)	3:28AM 2.02					4:31PM 1.83				4:01AM 2.08				5:27PM 1.83				4:52AM 2.07				6:23PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)			9:35AM 0.59					10:01PM -0.01				11:24AM 0.10				10:34PM -0.03				12:16PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	11	12	12	13	12	11	11	12	10	14	17	16	13	14	12	13	13	14	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	8	10	11	12	12	10	9	10	10	8	13	16	15	12	14	12	13	13	14	13	14	14
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.2 S	0.7 SE	0.2 E	1.0 S	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 S	0.6 ENE	0.5 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	14	5	5	5	7	5	13	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.6 S	0.4 ENE	0.3 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	8	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	16	4	16	16	9	8	7	7	7	6	7	8	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	0.7 SE	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.5 NE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	8	4	4	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5

	Saturday 03
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	2	1	2	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.5 S	0.7 SE	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	174	161	277	50	331	331	336	119	126	123	141	131	111	253	108	120	85	181	182	182	161	161
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			3:29AM 2.53
Low Tide / height (m)																						10:48PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	9	12	12	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	13	12	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	9	8	11	10	8	9	9	10	10	12	12	12	12	10	12	10	13	11	9	9	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	1.2 S	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.3 ENE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.5 SW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	12	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	8	7	13	13	7	7	7	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 S	-	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-