Otago Surf

Otago Surf Forecast

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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	Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Mon
	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	Karitane Point Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Shag Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	0	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.9 NE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.5 S	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.6 SW	0.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	1.4 SW	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.2 SSW	1.1 S
Period(s)	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	6	7	12	9	9	9	8	8	4	9	9	9	17
Energy	222	238	899	554	506	512	410	58	216	221	357	225	116	296	119	281	225	94	1348	1258	1545	1390
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:59PM 1.68		4:12AM 1.57	4:38PM 1.68		4:37AM 1.58	5:03PM 1.68		5:44AM 1.50	5:46PM 1.63	6:59PM 1.59	6:27AM 1.46		6:48PM 1.57	6:25AM 1.54		8:35PM 1.58	7:57AM 1.42		7:59PM 1.55	8:42AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)	9:35AM 0.35		10:12PM 0.41	10:19AM 0.37		10:58PM 0.42	10:47AM 0.39		11:22PM 0.46	11:58AM 0.41		1:01AM 0.40		12:19PM 0.30	1:13AM 0.47		1:04PM 0.33	2:27AM 0.41		2:13PM 0.42	2:26AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	1	-	1	-	-	2	-
High °C	15	16	15	13	13	11	13	14	10	15	16	14	15	14	11	9	9	8	11	13	12	13
Low °C	14	15	13	13	11	11	9	10	8	11	13	13	12	13	9	9	9	7	7	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	15	16	14	12	12	11	13	13	8	14	16	13	14	13	9	6	6	3	10	12	10	12
Sunrise	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:10
Sunset	-	5:01	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.1 S
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	6	7	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	10	10	19	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	13	13	12	11	11	9	11	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	10	10	9	15	16	22	10	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.9 NE	0.5 S	0.7 S	-	-	0.5 NE	0.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.2 SSW	2.1 S
Period (s)	-	-	9	3	4	-	-	3	5	6	7	3	-	-	-	2	3	4	9	9	9	9

	Monday 01							Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Brighton Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.5 SW	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.9 NE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.5 S	1.1 ENE
Period(s)	8	8	8	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	261	267	222	72	238	241	315	899	541	515	554	524	506	598	690	512	450	520	410	339	58	255
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	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
High Tide / height (m)		3:30AM 1.59				3:39PM 1.73				3:43AM 1.60				4:38PM 1.68				4:54AM 1.54				5:24PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)				10:33AM 0.32				10:12PM 0.41				10:13AM 0.24				10:58PM 0.42				10:47AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	14	13	16	16	14	15	13	12	13	12	13	11	11	11	10	11	9	13	14	11
Chill °C (?)	13	12	14	13	16	16	14	14	12	10	12	10	12	10	11	9	10	11	8	13	13	9
Sunrise	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	1.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	9	13	12	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 SW	0.2 S	0.1 S	-	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.5 SW	0.3 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	8	13	13	12	13	8	-	12	12	12	11	11	11	4	13	9	9	9	11	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.9 NE	-	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	-	3	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4

	Monday 01
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 NE	1.5 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.6 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	12	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	254	261	261	267	267	267	217	222	222	222	200	72	74	202	238	522	362	241	269	380	315	315
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				3:30AM 1.59												3:39PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)										9:35AM 0.35												9:51PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	15	16	17	16	16	15	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	16	15	13	13	12	12	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	14	16	17	16	16	15	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	7	8	8	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 NE	1.5 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.6 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	9