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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	Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			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	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	1	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 NE	1.7 NE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	1.3 ENE	1.2 NE	1.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 NE	0.4 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period(s)	11	12	12	7	7	9	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	7	8	8	8	8
Energy	392	240	299	320	297	283	282	213	226	224	437	537	318	343	255	527	64	522	283	214	272	203
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:20PM 1.71			3:17PM 1.69		3:03AM 1.64	3:26PM 1.71		4:18AM 1.57	4:41PM 1.66		4:37AM 1.58	5:03PM 1.68		5:41AM 1.49	5:46PM 1.63		7:21AM 1.48		6:29PM 1.59	6:25AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)	9:14AM 0.30		9:41PM 0.33	8:36AM 0.34		9:06PM 0.40	9:33AM 0.23		10:01PM 0.28	10:26AM 0.37		10:58PM 0.42	10:47AM 0.39		11:44PM 0.44	11:55AM 0.40		12:08AM 0.47		12:44PM 0.42	12:55AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	12	14	15	14	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	13	11	13	14	10	11
Low °C	9	10	10	13	15	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	11	10	11	13	8	10
Chill °C (?)	7	8	10	13	14	14	12	11	11	13	12	11	12	12	10	9	12	11	13	14	10	11
Sunrise	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:11
Sunset	-	5:02	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	1.3 ENE	1.2 NE	1.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.4 ENE	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	11	12	12	7	9	9	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	7	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.6 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.6 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	6	9	12	13	12	13	12	12	11	9	8	10	9	8	8	10	10	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	1.1 NE	1.4 NE	1.7 NE	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NE	1.2 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	0.4 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	6	7	7	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	7	-	3	-	-

	Saturday 30							Sunday 31								Monday 01
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	1.7 NE	2.0 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period(s)	12	12	11	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	7	7	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	716	628	392	316	240	212	359	299	268	223	320	230	297	791	273	283	287	219	282	219	213	217
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	1:53AM 1.64					3:20PM 1.71				3:38AM 1.61				3:17PM 1.69				3:30AM 1.59				3:26PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)								9:41PM 0.33			8:36AM 0.34					9:06PM 0.40				9:33AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	8	9	11	11	10	10	10	11	12	13	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	11	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	6	7	6	10	8	8	8	8	10	10	12	13	14	14	14	14	12	12	11	12	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	1.7 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	11	10	12	9	12	12	6	12	7	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 SSE	0.8 ENE	1.0 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	5	6	6	12	9	9	12	12	9	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	1.1 NE	-	1.1 NE	-	1.1 NE	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	1.7 NE	2.0 NE	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	5	5	5	5	-	6	-	7	7	7	7	8	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-

	Saturday 30
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 S	0.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	12	11	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	1240	1108	716	585	505	628	635	558	392	558	322	316	316	240	240	240	365	212	427	359	359	340
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)																3:20PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)								7:55AM 0.32														9:41PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	8	10	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	6	6	6	5	5	7	7	8	6	8	9	10	11	8	8	8	11	8	7	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 S	0.8 S	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	12	11	10	10	12	12	12	12	9	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.1 E	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	5	5	9	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NNE	0.7 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-