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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	Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sun
	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	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago
Rating	2	3	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	1.3 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.6 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	6	16	16	16	12	14	14	13	11	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	13	14	16	15
Energy(?)	216	337	803	1567	1283	4340	8816	5848	2583	1098	1461	1158	574	533	711	461	421	81	128	122	895	816
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:06PM 1.76	2:30AM 1.86		2:52PM 1.81	2:21AM 1.87		2:38PM 1.83	3:02AM 1.86		3:03PM 1.91	3:42AM 1.83		5:13PM 1.80		4:37AM 1.74	5:57PM 1.76		6:19AM 1.69	5:17PM 1.73		7:04AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)			8:19PM 0.23	7:43AM 0.19		8:02PM 0.12	8:42AM 0.16		8:45PM 0.11	9:08AM 0.15		9:28PM 0.13	9:50AM 0.17		10:53PM 0.59	10:46AM 0.21		11:34PM 0.65	12:27PM 0.29		12:00AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	risk thund- der	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	3	8	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-
High °C	14	20	15	14	17	12	11	12	10	14	14	16	20	21	20	19	19	18	12	13	11	16
Low °C	13	16	11	12	13	8	8	11	9	9	12	16	17	20	17	17	18	15	12	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	12	20	15	13	16	9	8	10	7	14	12	16	20	21	20	19	19	18	11	12	8	16
Sunrise	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:00
Sunset	-	7:35	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.1 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.7 ESE	3.0 SSW	1.9 S	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.6 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	12	8	16	16	11	14	10	13	11	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	13	14	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	1.1 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.3 NE	0.4 ESE	1.3 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.8 S	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SW	0.2 ENE	0.5 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	12	8	16	11	11	7	10	14	10	14	13	13	13	14	12	4	11	4	10	10	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NE	1.3 ENE	-	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	0.3 WNW	0.1 NE	-	-	0.6 NE	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.5 S	-	-
Period (s)	9	6	-	6	7	12	14	14	-	3	9	-	-	3	-	-	5	-	-	7	-	-

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	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Warrington Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	3	1	0	4	0	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.4 ENE	0.8 ESE	1.0 SSW	0.8 ESE	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.6 S	0.5 E	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 S
Period(s) (?)	9	12	12	7	12	17	12	16	16	16	16	10	11	13	11	11	14	8	14	13	13	11
Energy(?)	216	268	218	392	285	909	272	1224	1219	1166	1342	1288	2720	1911	800	58	5825	1436	5848	4238	3883	1114
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- on	off	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	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:02PM 1.78				1:48AM 1.83				1:32PM 1.90				3:02AM 2.43				3:41PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)	7:56AM 0.29				8:19PM 0.23				7:42AM 0.19				8:02PM 0.12				9:40AM 0.21				9:04PM 0.12	10:01PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	15	16	16	16	15	14	11	12	17	13	13	11	11	12	7	8	10	12	12	10	8
Chill °C (?)	11	14	15	16	16	15	13	9	10	16	12	11	9	7	11	4	4	9	10	10	8	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.2 ENE	1.1 E	0.9 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.7 SSE	3.0 S	0.4 ESE	1.3 SSE	1.9 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	9	8	12	12	8	8	16	16	16	16	16	15	11	11	13	14	10	14	10	14	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 SSW	0.8 ESE	1.0 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.3 ESE	1.3 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	8	8	12	12	17	7	8	12	11	11	11	11	7	11	11	-	10	14	10	10	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.6 S	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	-
Period (s)	9	5	6	7	-	-	3	5	6	7	7	10	11	13	11	14	14	8	14	13	13	-

	Sunday 29																Monday 30
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Warrington Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	3	1	0	4	0	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ESE	1.1 NE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 ESE	1.0 SSW	0.8 E	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	12	12	8	6	6	12	12	12	7	12	12	12	16	12	17	16	16	16
Energy(?)	175	398	216	216	135	268	458	381	381	258	536	282	392	285	196	290	854	201	909	756	615	977
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							1:20PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)	7:56AM 0.29												7:13PM 0.15	8:19PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	13	13	13	14	14	16	15	18	19	18	14	16	16	16	18	16	16	17	14	14	14	12
Chill °C (?)	11	12	11	13	12	16	14	18	19	18	12	16	16	16	18	16	15	16	12	12	12	9
Sunrise	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 ESE	1.2 ENE	0.8 E	1.1 ENE	1.1 SW	0.8 E	1.1 E	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	12	8	12	12	8	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.1 S	0.7 ESE	1.0 SSW	0.1 SE	1.0 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	9	12	12	12	8	8	8	9	9	9	12	12	12	12	13	12	16	19	17	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	-	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	3	9	9	9	5	5	8	6	6	6	6	7	7	-	-	-	-	6	-	3	3	4