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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	Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thu
	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 - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Wainakarua River Mouth Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	4	4	4	2	0	1	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.4 SW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SW	1.6 SSW	0.8 S	3.5 SW	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	1.7 S	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s)	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	10	9	9	11	17	16	15	16	15	17	13	12	13	14	16
Energy	202	220	93	109	265	247	216	60	314	1170	1981	1435	358	7330	1915	3551	4176	3343	1219	1331	1122	1353
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:46PM 1.63	6:11PM 1.60	6:27AM 1.46		6:01PM 1.63	6:25AM 1.54		8:35PM 1.58	7:57AM 1.42		7:59PM 1.55	8:45AM 1.43		9:13PM 1.53	9:09AM 1.51		9:19PM 1.71	11:26AM 1.68		11:50PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	11:33AM 0.41		12:34AM 0.46		12:19PM 0.30	12:45AM 0.38		1:56PM 0.39	2:27AM 0.41		1:53PM 0.43	2:26AM 0.46		3:31PM 0.37		3:12AM 0.42	3:31PM 0.37		4:53AM 0.32	5:22PM 0.30		5:49AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	13	15	13	13	11	11	8	9	14	14	15	10	8	11	13	13	15	15	15	13
Low °C	9	13	12	12	13	11	11	10	7	7	13	13	12	8	6	7	12	13	11	15	14	13
Chill °C (?)	12	15	12	15	13	12	8	9	3	7	13	12	13	6	4	9	12	11	14	15	15	12
Sunrise	8:11	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15
Sunset	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.8 S	1.8 SSW	0.1 SE	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	1.7 S	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	17	16	16	13	15	17	13	12	13	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.1 SW	1.3 S	1.1 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	11	13	13	12	9	12	11	7	14	9	18	10	14	9	9	12	18	17	13	12	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	-	-	-	-	1.0 SW	-	1.4 SW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SW	0.3 W	-	3.5 SW	2.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	-	-	5	-	9	9	11	3	-	15	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 04					Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sun
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	0.4 SSW	0.7 ENE	1.2 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s)	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	8	9	9
Energy	202	222	220	332	103	93	113	207	109	87	265	236	256	247	69	220	216	200	60	56	240	314
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	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
High Tide / height (m)				5:46PM 1.63	6:11PM 1.60				6:27AM 1.46				6:01PM 1.63				6:25AM 1.54				8:35PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)		11:33AM 0.41					12:34AM 0.46				12:19PM 0.30				1:20AM 0.47				1:56PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	9	13	15	13	13	13	13	13	12	15	13	13	13	12	13	11	11	11	11	10	8	7
Chill °C (?)	7	12	15	13	12	12	12	12	11	15	13	13	12	10	13	9	8	8	9	8	3	2
Sunrise	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	11	13	13	10	9	13	13	12	12	12	9	12	12	12	10	11	11	10	7	7	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.2 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	-	-	1.2 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	6	6	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	4	5	5	-	-	9	9

	Thursday 04																	Friday 05
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.6 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period(s)	10	10	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	13	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8
Energy	154	120	202	205	227	222	223	226	220	220	110	332	328	332	103	103	93	93	100	108	113	115
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												5:46PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)						11:33AM 0.41													12:34AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	9	9	10	11	13	14	15	15	15	13	13	13	12	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	7	7	7	8	10	12	13	15	15	15	11	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	8	9	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	10	10	9	9	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NE	0.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-