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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	Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tue
	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	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	1	1	0	0	3	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	4	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	2.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.6 E	0.8 E	0.7 ESE	1.0 E	1.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.8 E	1.8 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.5 E	0.2 SSW	1.2 E	1.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	13	7	7	7	8	9	10	9	9	9	7	14	10	9	9	9	10	9	9
Energy(?)	194	63	60	64	545	271	157	292	381	611	234	156	160	355	138	199	511	2322	381	16	261	271
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:40PM 1.80	10:42AM 1.75		11:10PM 1.65	11:39AM 1.73		12:06AM 1.66	12:32PM 1.71		12:57AM 1.67		1:21PM 1.70	1:45AM 1.68		1:09PM 1.68	1:53AM 1.65		2:04PM 1.63	1:49AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)		2:52PM 0.27	3:26AM 0.17	4:02AM 0.23	4:42PM 0.29		5:06AM 0.27	5:45PM 0.31		6:09AM 0.30	6:44PM 0.31		7:09AM 0.31		7:38PM 0.30	6:50AM 0.30		7:33PM 0.28	7:48AM 0.34		8:08PM 0.27	8:13AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	11	13	16	12	11	12	11	21	21	7	13	14	10	14	15	17	20	22	18	22
Low °C	13	11	10	13	13	10	11	11	10	16	12	6	12	11	8	12	15	13	19	21	13	20
Chill °C (?)	12	11	10	10	14	9	8	10	11	21	21	6	11	12	8	12	13	17	20	22	18	22
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	8:42	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	1.3 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.6 E	0.8 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 E	0.2 S	2.5 ENE	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	13	13	7	8	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	12	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 E	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	9	8	8	13	7	13	12	13	13	15	9	9	14	8	8	9	8	12	11	10	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SW	-	0.2 NNE	1.4 NE	2.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	-	0.9 NE	-	0.6 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	2	5	7	7	3	3	-	-	4	-	8	7	4	6	9	9	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 11							Wednesday 12								Thursday 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	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	2.1 NE	1.4 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	7	6	7	7	7	12	12	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	7	7	7	7	8	8	8
Energy(?)	57	129	213	52	63	90	173	60	86	82	64	42	37	39	19	795	203	92	117	164	208	253
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:06AM 1.91					10:10PM 1.65				10:42AM 1.75				10:01PM 1.67				10:52AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)	2:27AM 0.16				3:41PM 0.24					4:02AM 0.23				4:42PM 0.29				4:37AM 0.22				4:50PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	10	12	13	12	11	11	11	10	11	13	13	13	12	11	10	9	11	12	13	11	13
Chill °C (?)	6	8	11	12	11	10	10	9	7	8	10	10	10	9	8	8	9	11	10	11	9	13
Sunrise	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	13	13	12	7	7	7	7	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	8	8	12	8	13	13	13	13	7	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.7 NE	1.1 NE	1.4 NE	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 NE	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	7	-	-	-	-	2	3	5	5	6	7	7	7	7	-	-	3	4	3	4

	Tuesday 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	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	8	8	8	6	12
Energy(?)	70	83	99	98	107	83	241	56	194	203	202	52	65	64	63	102	99	35	26	27	102	126
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)									9:41AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)		2:11AM 0.17													3:41PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	9	10	10	10	10	11	12	13	13	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	8	6	6	6	7	7	8	11	13	12	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	5	6	7	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	18	10	18	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	-	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	2	-	-