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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	Fri	Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Warrington Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.6 SSW	1.0 E	1.4 E	1.8 ENE	1.9 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 SE	2.2 ESE	2.1 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.4 E	1.7 E	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	12	16	15	14	8	12	10	10	14	13	12	11	11	10	9	8	14	14	13	12	12	11
Energy(?)	185	224	223	283	112	216	362	642	1251	1592	2129	1855	1626	800	877	559	454	304	139	595	819	484
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	1:53AM 1.62		2:44PM 1.61	3:09AM 1.72		3:27PM 1.65	2:56AM 1.76		3:09PM 1.69	3:32AM 1.81		3:45PM 1.73		4:25AM 1.79	4:39PM 1.71		4:48AM 1.84	5:03PM 1.78		5:29AM 1.82	5:45PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)		7:41AM 0.45		8:59PM 0.36	9:30AM 0.37		8:33PM 0.28	9:01AM 0.32		9:13PM 0.21	9:40AM 0.26		9:53PM 0.15	10:36AM 0.23		10:50PM 0.14	10:59AM 0.20		11:34PM 0.14	11:43AM 0.20		12:03AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	3	1	2	5	2	1	-	-	-	-	1	8	1	-	1
High °C	13	16	12	11	14	13	11	11	11	13	12	12	11	14	14	12	13	14	14	17	14	13
Low °C	12	14	11	8	12	12	10	11	11	13	11	11	11	13	13	11	13	14	12	12	14	10
Chill °C (?)	12	16	11	11	12	11	9	9	9	11	10	10	9	13	13	12	13	13	14	16	12	12
Sunrise	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:42	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.4 E	1.8 ENE	1.9 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 SE	2.2 ESE	2.1 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	1.4 E	1.7 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	14	13	12	11	11	10	9	8	8	7	7	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 ESE	0.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSW	1.4 S	0.3 S	0.9 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.4 SW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	7	11	15	14	13	12	13	9	18	8	13	11	8	18	7	16	14	14	13	6	13	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 NE	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	4	4	4	5	8	7	12	11	8	8	7	-	-	3	-	-	4	6

	Fri	Saturday 14								Sunday 15								Monday 16
	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	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	0.8 SSW	1.1 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 E	1.6 E
Period(s) (?)	9	9	12	11	11	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	9	8	9	13	10	9	9	10	9
Energy(?)	320	274	298	272	241	99	223	257	295	283	285	273	273	147	138	177	321	317	518	537	640	656
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:26AM 1.68				1:53PM 1.57				2:18AM 1.71				2:46PM 1.60				3:11AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)	7:23PM 0.42				8:45AM 0.43				7:53PM 0.36				8:21AM 0.39				8:33PM 0.28				9:01AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	13	13	12	12	13	14	12	11	10	10	9	9	11	14	14	13	11	10	11	10	10	11
Chill °C (?)	13	13	10	10	11	12	11	11	10	9	8	8	10	12	12	11	9	8	9	8	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 E	1.6 E
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	8	13	9	8	9	9	10	9	9	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.5 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	5	6	12	11	11	15	15	14	14	14	8	13	8	8	12	12	13	13	11	11	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.6 NNE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.1 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	5	-	-	2	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	8	8

	Friday 13				Saturday 14
	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	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	7	7	7	12	12	12	8	11	11	8	16	8	8	8	15	8	8	15	15	15
Energy(?)	387	418	179	181	164	47	130	108	292	105	216	272	183	190	190	190	191	223	190	100	223	210
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							1:38AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)	7:23PM 0.42												7:40AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	2
High °C	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	16	17	15	13	12	11
Chill °C (?)	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	16	17	14	13	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	13	7	7	7	7	6	7	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	15	15	11	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	-	-
Period (s)	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	-	-	-	3	4	-	4	-	-