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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	Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Sat
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops 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 - Smaills Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago
Rating	0	2	2	2	4	4	3	3	2	0	2	1	1	3	0	2	3	3	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.0 ENE	0.5 S	1.4 ENE	2.3 NE	2.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	8	10	9	8	9	10	10	10	13
Energy(?)	125	455	311	290	289	1706	995	775	310	238	197	208	179	581	58	358	1221	687	515	310	266	162
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		4:58PM 1.58		6:41AM 1.59		7:02PM 1.47	7:28AM 1.57			6:58AM 1.61		8:40PM 1.44	7:44AM 1.57		8:03PM 1.45	8:33AM 1.56		8:53PM 1.45	9:24AM 1.56		11:14PM 1.56	11:39AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)	11:19AM 0.32		11:31PM 0.28	12:54PM 0.37		1:05AM 0.37		1:35PM 0.39	12:46AM 0.45		2:18PM 0.41	2:30AM 0.39		2:14PM 0.51	2:26AM 0.45		3:03PM 0.48	3:16AM 0.42		3:58PM 0.39		5:00AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	11	14	13	11	10	10	9	15	13	12	15	19	19	25	24	14	14	17	11	17
Low °C	11	11	10	14	12	8	10	10	7	12	12	12	14	18	15	23	22	13	10	17	10	15
Chill °C (?)	10	8	9	14	12	10	8	9	7	13	10	9	13	19	19	25	24	14	12	16	8	17
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45
Sunset	-	8:57	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	1.1 SW	0.9 NE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.9 NE	2.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	10	14	9	13	13	12	9	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	9	9	8	9	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.9 NE	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 NE	0.7 SW
Period (s)	14	10	13	9	9	9	13	9	9	9	12	9	12	11	10	10	8	10	6	11	4	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	-	-	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	-	-	0.5 NE	1.1 NE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	-	1.9 NE	2.3 NE	-	1.3 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 NNE	-
Period (s)	-	3	4	-	-	12	12	-	-	4	4	6	6	8	-	9	8	-	6	4	4	-

	Saturday 22							Sunday 23								Monday 24
	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 - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair 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 - Sandfly Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	3	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	637	602	530	188	183	166	336	311	219	265	422	453	387	1575	851	1706	1549	1548	1468	870	775	749
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- 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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		4:41AM 1.71				6:18PM 1.51				5:31AM 1.69				5:48PM 1.55				6:15AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)				12:14PM 0.35				12:25AM 0.34				12:54PM 0.37				12:00AM 0.43				12:43PM 0.36	1:35PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	9	8	11	12	13	12	11	9	8	8	11	9	10	10
Chill °C (?)	10	10	11	9	10	9	9	10	8	7	11	10	12	12	9	7	6	6	10	7	9	8
Sunrise	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 NE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	14	13	9	13	13	13	12	12	12	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	9	9	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	15	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	-

	Saturday 22
	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 - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair 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 - Sandfly Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	3	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 NE	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	9	13	13
Energy(?)	665	627	637	133	135	131	372	367	269	266	400	400	321	270	314	266	251	247	240	134	336	336
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					5:58AM 1.62												5:06PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)												12:14PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	12	13	11	11	14	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	11	12	13	9	8	13	14	13	13	12	11	11	9	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	10	14	10	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	10	10	10	10	10	14	10	14	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4