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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	Tue	Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Moeraki Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	0	0	3	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	4	4	0	4	3	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	2.3 NE	0.4 SW	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.7 E	1.8 NE	1.0 E	1.2 E	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	6	13	6	12	7	8	8	10	10	9	9	15	13	8	10	9	11	10	10	13	9	9
Energy(?)	57	64	434	39	161	214	260	647	1120	203	246	446	105	73	748	964	23	816	670	36	430	294
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:10PM 1.65	9:33AM 1.78		11:10PM 1.65	11:39AM 1.73		12:06AM 1.66	12:32PM 1.71		12:18AM 1.62	12:45PM 1.68		12:47AM 1.66		1:23PM 1.65	1:05AM 1.86		2:49PM 1.66	3:12AM 1.69		3:31PM 1.64	3:13AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)			4:42PM 0.29		5:06AM 0.27	5:45PM 0.31		6:09AM 0.30	6:44PM 0.31		6:24AM 0.27	6:51PM 0.27		6:49AM 0.30		7:25PM 0.25	7:32AM 0.31		9:09PM 0.28	9:34AM 0.30		8:52PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	13	11	13	12	11	18	14	8	12	11	9	14	13	13	20	20	17	19	20	18
Low °C	11	12	12	9	13	11	10	14	13	7	12	10	8	12	13	11	17	19	15	18	20	14
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	9	11	10	10	17	12	4	10	8	8	12	10	12	20	20	16	18	20	18
Sunrise	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:47	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	1.7 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.7 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	2.3 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.2 SSW	1.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.1 S	1.2 E
Period (s)	6	7	7	8	7	8	8	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	8	9	10	10	10	10	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.8 S	0.2 S	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 S
Period (s)	8	13	13	12	12	13	13	15	10	5	15	7	8	8	12	11	11	17	14	13	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NE	1.5 NE	2.3 NE	2.1 NE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	1.8 NE	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	2.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.0 N	1.9 NE	1.6 ENE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	2	5	6	7	3	3	-	-	10	6	6	7	3	4	10	9	10	10	4	10	9	12

	Tue	Wednesday 12								Thursday 13								Friday 14
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.8 NE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	6	6	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10
Energy(?)	70	57	89	81	64	42	37	23	19	541	111	92	163	235	202	237	300	260	533	535	647	346
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	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)						10:42AM 1.75				10:22PM 1.63				10:35AM 1.74				12:06AM 1.66				11:55AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)				4:02AM 0.23				4:42PM 0.29				4:37AM 0.22				5:01PM 0.25				6:09AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	10	11	11	12	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	11	9	9	10	10	13	18
Chill °C (?)	10	8	8	8	9	10	9	8	8	9	11	10	10	10	11	8	9	8	9	9	12	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	6	6	7	7	7	7	13	13	12	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	13	13	13	13	7	8	8	12	8	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	16	15	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NE	0.9 NE	1.2 NE	1.5 NE	2.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 NE	-	-	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	2	4	5	5	6	7	7	7	7	-	-	3	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Tuesday 11				Wednesday 12
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.5 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	2.1 NE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	13	13	-	8	8	5	6	5	6	13	13	13	13	13	6
Energy(?)	71	70	70	67	67	57	58	115	89	0	68	71	254	229	124	361	79	42	123	37	37	259
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:55PM 1.70		10:10PM 1.65											9:50AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)																						4:16PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	12	13	12	11	15	13	11	13	12	13
Chill °C (?)	12	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	11	9	7	13	10	7	10	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	13	13	7	10	13	7	13	13	13	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	13	12	6	6	7	7	13	13	7	13	7	7	7	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	1.5 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	2.1 NE	2.2 NE	2.0 ENE	2.5 NE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	6