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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	Sat		Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	1	4	4	2	3	2	0	2	1	4	3	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.6 NE	1.9 NE	1.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 ENE	1.3 NE
Period(s) (?)	14	13	9	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	8	9	9	9	9	8	10	6	10	10	10
Energy(?)	460	331	65	387	556	376	694	300	241	260	167	626	855	435	269	106	206	290	129	46	175	309
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	on	cross	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	6:18PM 1.51		6:41AM 1.59			6:13AM 1.65		7:50PM 1.45	7:21AM 1.56		7:16PM 1.47	7:44AM 1.57		8:03PM 1.45	8:10AM 1.67		10:23PM 1.49	10:49AM 1.60		11:14PM 1.56	11:39AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)		12:25AM 0.34	12:54PM 0.37		11:59PM 0.43	12:35PM 0.49	1:35PM 0.39	1:47AM 0.38		1:44PM 0.49	1:36AM 0.46		2:14PM 0.51	2:26AM 0.45		3:04PM 0.40		4:06AM 0.37	4:39PM 0.37		5:00AM 0.34	5:32PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	12	13	10	11	10	8	15	17	13	17	20	19	21	24	12	21	14	11	13	12
Low °C	11	11	12	12	8	10	10	7	12	16	12	16	15	16	20	16	11	17	12	10	12	11
Chill °C (?)	8	9	11	12	7	9	9	6	13	16	11	16	20	19	21	24	11	21	12	10	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-
Sunset	8:57	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:05
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	13	9	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	8	11	9	9	9	8	10	10	11	10	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.7 NE	0.5 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.8 S	-	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	-
Period (s)	16	9	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	12	-	11	10	9	6	8	6	6	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NE	0.3 NNE	-	-	1.4 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 ENE	1.6 NE	1.9 NE	0.5 NW	1.6 NE	1.0 NE	-	-	1.1 SW	0.4 NE	0.5 NNE	1.3 NE
Period (s)	10	4	-	-	7	-	-	-	4	5	6	8	9	3	9	5	-	-	6	2	3	10

	Saturday 22			Sunday 23								Monday 24								Tuesday 25
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.2 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	9	9	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	183	166	393	331	269	265	415	453	57	58	320	1895	1480	1469	1020	869	364	661	606	595	560	242
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:18PM 1.51				5:31AM 1.69				6:06PM 1.51				6:15AM 1.65					7:50PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)				12:25AM 0.34				12:54PM 0.37				11:59PM 0.43				12:43PM 0.36	1:35PM 0.39				1:47AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	11	11	9	9	11	12	13	11	10	9	8	7	9	9	10	10	9	10	9	7
Chill °C (?)	8	9	9	10	8	8	11	10	12	11	8	7	6	5	6	7	9	9	6	8	7	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 S
Period (s)	10	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	14	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	1.2 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	5	-	7	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4

	Saturday 22										Sunday 23
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	9	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	131	165	460	441	292	277	399	399	80	96	218	219	214	208	296	374	153	380	422	422	415	190
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)																		6:41AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)											11:14PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	13
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	8	12	11	9	9	9	10	11	10	10	8	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	14	14	14	13	13	13	9	9	9	13	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	16	16	9	9	9	9	13	13	13	9	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	0.3 ENE	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	10	10	2	-	4	4	4	4	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-