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 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			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	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago
Rating	2	3	4	4	2	0	0	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	1	1	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ESE	1.3 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.7 ESE	3.5 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.0 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	6	16	16	11	12	14	13	13	10	13	12	11	14	13	12	12	11	10	14	16	15
Energy(?)	192	341	803	1575	206	4350	5700	6401	2480	832	1025	662	676	924	1062	446	354	159	91	133	1065	562
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		1:06PM 1.76	1:35AM 1.86		2:52PM 1.81	2:21AM 1.87		2:39PM 1.83	3:20AM 1.81		3:21PM 1.84	3:42AM 1.83		4:17PM 1.77		4:55AM 2.16	5:24PM 2.13		6:19AM 1.69	6:03PM 2.09		5:39AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)			7:13PM 0.15	7:43AM 0.19		8:02PM 0.12	8:42AM 0.16		9:04PM 0.12	9:08AM 0.15		9:28PM 0.13	10:14AM 0.13		10:11PM 0.18	11:09AM 0.58		11:10PM 0.25	12:27PM 0.29		12:51AM 0.32	12:18PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	8	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	5	4	-
High °C	14	20	15	14	13	12	11	12	10	12	16	16	20	19	21	19	20	17	17	11	10	12
Low °C	13	17	10	12	13	8	8	11	9	9	16	15	16	19	19	17	20	12	14	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	12	20	15	13	12	10	8	10	7	11	16	16	20	19	21	19	20	17	16	9	7	11
Sunrise	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:58
Sunset	-	7:35	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.2 ENE	1.7 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	2.3 S	2.5 SSW	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.7 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	9	12	8	16	11	11	10	14	13	10	13	12	11	11	13	12	12	11	10	14	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	1.1 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.3 NE	-	0.3 ESE	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 NE	0.7 SW	1.0 SSE	0.6 SW	0.3 NE	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	12	8	16	11	5	7	-	10	15	15	15	4	12	14	12	4	11	14	8	8	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	1.1 SW	-	3.5 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	0.5 NE	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	9	6	-	6	-	12	14	13	-	-	2	-	-	3	4	-	4	-	-	5	-	-

	Sunday 29							Monday 30								Tuesday 31
	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 - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Warrington Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago
Rating	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	5	2	3	1	0	3	0	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.9 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 ESE	3.0 SSW	0.5 SE	1.4 S	0.5 E	4.0 SSW	1.3 SSE	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	12	12	7	7	17	16	16	16	16	16	11	11	15	12	11	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	425	175	192	273	218	466	574	911	615	1224	1219	1176	1299	236	3386	210	789	58	5700	732	8373	4104
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross	off	cross- on	off
Tide State(?)	high	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	1:38AM 1.84				2:02PM 1.78				1:51AM 1.82				1:32PM 1.90				3:02AM 2.43				3:41PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		6:54AM 0.23					7:27PM 0.14				7:42AM 0.19				8:02PM 0.12				9:40AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	14	16	16	17	17	15	15	10	12	17	14	13	10	12	13	7	8	10	11	12
Chill °C (?)	12	12	13	16	14	17	17	15	14	8	10	16	12	13	8	11	13	3	4	9	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:29
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.5 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	3.0 SSW	2.1 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	12	12	7	7	7	16	16	16	16	6	12	11	13	11	10	10	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 SSW	0.8 ESE	1.0 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 E	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	13	9	12	8	8	12	12	17	16	7	12	11	11	11	11	15	11	-	-	-	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.6 NE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 NE	-	0.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 ENE	3.0 SSW	-	1.4 S	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	1.3 SSE	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	3	3	9	6	6	7	6	-	3	5	6	7	7	7	11	-	12	14	14	14	13	13

	Sunday 29
	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 - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Warrington Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago
Rating	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	5	2	3	1	0	3	0	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	0.8 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 ESE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.8 NE	0.8 ESE	1.3 ENE	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	1.5 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	6	6	6	12	6	12	12	7	12	12	12	7
Energy(?)	409	433	425	428	175	306	350	403	184	231	365	362	466	330	341	154	137	399	378	211	410	395
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	1:38AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)						6:54AM 0.23	7:08AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	16	14	16	20	18	18	17	15	18	15	16
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	12	11	13	13	16	12	15	20	18	18	17	14	18	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.7 E	1.6 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	12	12	12	12	5	12	12	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 E	0.1 S	0.6 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	5	13	13	13	9	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	8	13	12	13	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.8 NE	1.6 NE	1.3 ENE	0.6 E	-	1.5 ENE	1.8 NE	0.9 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	9	9	9	6	6	6	5	6	4	-	7	7	5	-	-