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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	Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Mon
	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	All Day Bay Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	0	1	1	1	1	3	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	1.1 NE	0.9 NE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	4	6	11	11	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	12	9	10	12	11
Energy(?)	174	77	66	129	96	236	267	347	350	183	202	130	115	428	532	669	437	269	490	1354	2249	3758
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			9:52PM 1.74	10:21AM 1.65		10:02PM 1.67	10:06AM 1.60		10:28PM 1.80	10:59AM 1.69		12:56AM 1.82	12:23PM 1.69	1:21PM 1.73	12:59AM 1.85		1:20PM 1.77	2:47AM 1.90		2:11PM 1.84	3:38AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)		2:18PM 0.30	3:48AM 0.31		3:22PM 0.32		4:03AM 0.38	4:43PM 0.26		5:26AM 0.32	5:50PM 0.24		6:12AM 0.31			7:10AM 0.25		8:32PM 0.20	8:02AM 0.18		9:28PM 0.15	8:50AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	10	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	15	15	14	12	19	23	14	13	11	11	13	12	11	12	18	13	12	11	9	11
Low °C	12	16	12	14	13	10	14	22	12	10	10	9	10	12	10	11	15	11	10	10	8	9
Chill °C (?)	16	16	13	14	13	11	19	23	12	13	9	10	12	10	10	12	18	12	9	7	6	8
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13
Sunset	-	8:35	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.5 S	0.9 NE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 S	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	2.2 S
Period (s)	8	6	6	11	11	10	16	15	7	7	8	6	6	13	14	13	13	12	11	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SE	0.5 NE	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 NE	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	12	12	11	6	6	16	10	11	14	14	13	8	13	16	6	6	8	8	9	12	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 NE	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	0.5 NE	0.8 NE	1.3 NE	0.5 SSW	-	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	4	12	5	-	3	5	6	3	-	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	10	12	11

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	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	3	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.1 NE	0.8 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	8	8	8	6	6	11	11	11	11	11	10	18	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	582	143	107	73	158	83	64	65	56	66	98	181	182	169	379	294	526	261	243	317	422	312
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:20AM 1.67				8:27PM 1.71				8:45AM 1.69				9:35PM 1.69	10:54PM 1.75				11:22AM 1.66				10:49PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)			3:14PM 0.27				2:56AM 0.35				3:43PM 0.30	4:11PM 0.29				4:03AM 0.38				4:26PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	18	18	16	17	18	13	12	14	14	14	12	11	11	10	10	14	16	23	21	16	12
Chill °C (?)	8	18	17	14	17	18	12	10	12	12	13	10	9	9	9	9	14	14	23	21	16	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SE	0.6 S	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.6 NE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	12	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	11	6	11	10	10	10	16	16	15	16	15	15	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.5 SE	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 NE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	6	11	6	6	6	16	10	10	5	10	11	10	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	0.7 NE	1.2 NE	1.6 NE	1.1 NE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	1.3 NE	0.9 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 ENE	-	0.7 SW
Period (s)	2	4	5	6	6	8	3	4	6	6	-	-	8	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	-	4

	Monday 23																Tuesday 24
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	3	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.2 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.5 SSW	1.1 NE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.0 SW	0.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	12	8	8	8	8	7	8	4	5	5	11	12	8	11	12	6	11	11	11	11	4	11
Energy(?)	666	174	174	153	167	68	136	41	70	89	12	197	73	67	110	157	42	67	67	42	65	65
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:20AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)								2:40PM 0.28												2:54AM 0.35	3:48AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
High °C	10	10	12	14	17	17	20	13	13	14	15	14	17	15	17	18	16	14	14	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	8	9	11	13	17	16	20	10	10	11	13	11	16	14	17	18	15	12	13	11	10	12
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	12	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	8	12	8	8	12	8	6	6	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	8	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.5 NE	2.0 NNE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.1 NE	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	-	8	8	5	4	3