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 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago
Rating	0	0	4	0	3	2	2	2	1	1	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	1.6 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.6 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	13	10	11	10	11	10	10	9	9	9	10	13	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	47	115	807	1360	2322	472	264	297	169	90	301	525	343	226	290	181	192	246	90	65	92	93
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:25AM 1.61		11:53PM 1.63	12:14PM 1.59		11:16PM 1.75		1:01PM 1.57	1:02AM 2.01			1:46AM 1.59		1:41PM 1.54	2:57AM 1.68		3:15PM 1.60	3:39AM 1.71		3:57PM 1.62		4:21AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		5:19PM 0.41		5:50AM 0.45	6:14PM 0.43		6:48AM 0.47			7:23AM 0.74	6:53PM 0.45	7:14PM 0.43	8:33AM 0.43		8:47PM 0.38	9:19AM 0.40		9:31PM 0.35	10:02AM 0.37		10:13PM 0.31	10:43AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	9	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	2	-
High °C	21	18	12	13	16	14	15	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	13
Low °C	21	16	9	10	15	11	14	14	12	14	13	12	13	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	21	17	9	10	15	14	14	12	13	14	12	12	12	11	11	10	11	12	13	13	13	11
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	9:29	-	-	9:27	-	-	9:27	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:24	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 S	2.5 SSW	1.6 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.6 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	7	8	8	13	11	10	10	9	9	9	10	13	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 NNE	0.8 SW	0.3 NE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.6 S
Period (s)	8	10	-	10	10	10	4	8	5	8	9	8	8	8	7	10	9	11	5	5	5	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	1.0 WSW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	0.6 N	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	3	4	11	10	10	3	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	7	-	4	4	5	-	-	-	6

	Sunday 11							Monday 12								Tuesday 13
	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	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	3	4	0	0	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.2 S	2.5 SSW	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.9 SSW	1.8 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	10	16	11	11	7	7	11	9	11	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	9
Energy(?)	254	48	47	22	115	559	671	578	637	634	1150	348	2322	1405	1059	681	580	304	264	231	222	251
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:25AM 1.61				11:53PM 1.63				11:35AM 1.49				12:41AM 1.63					1:01PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)		4:53AM 0.41				4:32PM 0.34				5:31AM 0.83				5:17PM 0.45				6:48AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	21	21	21	18	17	12	11	10	11	10	17	15	17	14	12	12	11	15	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	19	21	21	21	17	16	9	7	9	10	7	16	13	17	14	10	11	10	15	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:27
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 NE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 SSE	2.5 SSW	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.9 SSW	1.8 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	13	5	7	7	8	16	14	9	7	7	13	13	11	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.2 SSW	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 NNE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.9 SW
Period (s)	11	8	8	13	10	8	8	13	11	9	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	4	4	10	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NNE	0.4 NW	0.5 W	0.9 W	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.2 S	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 N	0.6 N	-	-	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	-
Period (s)	5	2	3	4	4	4	11	11	7	7	11	9	10	10	9	3	4	-	-	4	3	-

	Sunday 11
	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	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	3	4	0	0	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 NNE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	6	13	13	6	6	13	8	13	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	254	102	102	102	48	93	48	47	20	21	83	82	84	115	115	788	1379	578	563	634	671	1747
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										10:53AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)				4:53AM 0.41													5:19PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	18	20	21	22	22	22	21	24	21	23	20	19	18	17	17	16	14	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	18	19	18	20	21	22	22	22	21	24	21	23	20	18	17	15	16	14	11	10	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 NE	0.3 SSW	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	0.8 ENE	1.2 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.2 NE	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	5	13	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	15	15	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.4 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 NW	0.8 NNE	0.4 NW	0.5 W	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	1.0 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 W	1.0 W	1.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	2	6	2	3	3	3	4	5	5	4	4	10	11	11	11	11	11	10