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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	Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wed
	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	Brighton Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago
Rating	2	1	1	2	1	2	0	2	2	1	2	1	1	0	4	0	4	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	1.2 NE	1.3 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.3 S	0.7 NE	0.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	16	5	7	14	5	8	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	10	13	12	11	11	10	10	9	17
Energy(?)	267	173	154	262	171	107	56	429	364	149	323	70	18	1387	6705	2074	1575	1086	676	526	340	322
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:06AM 1.60		10:49PM 1.72	12:23PM 1.68		11:58PM 1.78	12:41PM 1.66		12:33AM 1.88	1:00PM 1.82	1:34PM 1.74	1:53AM 1.91		2:11PM 1.84	2:21AM 1.99		4:00PM 1.84	3:26AM 1.96		4:50PM 1.84		5:16AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)		4:28PM 0.31		5:58AM 0.35	5:32PM 0.27		6:30AM 0.28	6:53PM 0.18		7:31AM 0.17		7:29PM 0.12	8:02AM 0.18		8:45PM 0.04	9:11AM 0.13		9:08PM 0.03	10:00AM 0.07		11:07PM 0.13	11:32AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	18	11	11	12	12	11	11	12	13	13	14	12	9	10	11	8	11	15	13	16
Low °C	14	20	13	10	11	11	11	11	8	10	13	12	14	10	8	8	10	6	8	14	11	14
Chill °C (?)	20	21	18	9	8	10	11	10	10	12	12	13	14	8	5	7	8	5	10	15	12	16
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:16
Sunset	-	8:31	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 SE	1.3 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.5 E	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	1.0 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	16	10	7	14	8	6	6	13	14	8	13	13	12	10	14	12	11	11	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.3 S	0.5 SE	0.7 ENE	0.3 SE	0.7 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.2 E	0.3 S	0.2 E	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	10	16	10	7	10	8	8	7	6	14	8	7	4	12	12	12	12	11	11	21	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NE	1.2 NE	-	0.9 SSW	1.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.5 NE	-
Period (s)	5	5	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	10	13	-	-	-	-	4	4	-

	Wednesday 25							Thursday 26								Friday 27
	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	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	3	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.8 NE	1.0 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	15	15	7	7	14	14	6	13	13	13	8	5	13	6	13	12	16	14
Energy(?)	232	309	267	261	272	213	541	167	544	474	51	209	210	137	64	55	54	118	341	55	178	504
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:22AM 1.66				11:14PM 1.71				11:17AM 1.63				12:20AM 1.77					1:21PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		4:03AM 0.38				4:28PM 0.31				5:26AM 0.32				5:31PM 0.27				6:12AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	14	16	23	24	20	18	13	13	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	9	11	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	8	9	13	14	23	24	20	18	12	11	8	9	9	11	11	11	10	8	9	11	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.6 NE	1.0 ENE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	0.8 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.0 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	10	16	16	16	15	15	7	7	7	7	6	13	13	13	8	5	5	6	13	6	7	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 SSW	0.4 NE
Period (s)	16	10	10	10	11	10	15	10	14	14	10	7	7	8	13	8	8	8	8	8	16	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.8 NE	-	-	0.4 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	-	-	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	-	-	3	14	5	5	5	5	-	-	6	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 25
	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	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	3	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 NE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 NE	1.3 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	2.0 NE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	10	10	16	15	5	15	15	15	6	5	15	15	6	15	15	14
Energy(?)	168	215	220	220	276	309	80	112	620	626	87	495	505	476	191	179	264	213	635	174	174	417
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									9:52AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)				4:50AM 0.34												4:51PM 0.28	5:14PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	11	10	10	11	11	12	12	16	20	21	22	14	20	21	25	15	20	19	19
Chill °C (?)	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	15	20	21	22	12	20	21	25	13	20	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:32	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 NE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	16	16	10	10	16	15	10	15	15	15	15	10	15	15	15	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.3 S	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	10	10	16	16	10	10	16	10	10	10	11	16	10	10	9	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	1.0 NNE	0.7 NE	1.5 NNE	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	1.5 NE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	2.0 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	-	-	-