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 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans 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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	0	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	2	2	2	0	2	2	0	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	1.5 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.5 ENE	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.3 S	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	7	14	8	13	18	17	16	15	14	14	13	12	11	12	10	14	14	13	13	7
Energy(?)	24	3	218	43	286	48	171	319	118	282	582	556	562	446	401	132	15	253	309	714	49	299
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	12:50PM 1.64		1:15AM 1.65		1:36PM 1.62	2:00AM 1.66		1:41PM 1.54	2:44AM 1.67		2:23PM 1.55	3:26AM 1.68		3:00PM 1.57	3:25AM 1.69		3:43PM 1.57		4:50AM 1.68	4:04PM 1.63		4:29AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		7:00PM 0.37		7:29AM 0.39		7:50PM 0.36	7:24AM 0.41		8:37PM 0.35	8:08AM 0.41		9:20PM 0.34	9:49AM 0.36		9:00PM 0.35	9:15AM 0.41		10:42PM 0.32	11:11AM 0.34		11:22PM 0.32	10:41AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	8	3	5	7	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	18	18	15	12	14	13	10	15	15	14	16	15	15	19	10	9	12	14	12	16
Low °C	14	16	16	17	12	12	14	11	9	12	14	12	16	15	14	17	9	7	9	14	10	13
Chill °C (?)	16	15	18	17	14	10	14	13	7	14	14	14	16	14	15	19	7	6	9	12	11	15
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	9:19	-	-	9:24	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:24	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.5 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 NE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 S	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	7	14	8	8	8	8	8	15	14	7	13	12	11	12	5	14	14	10	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.3 S	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.1 SW	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.3 SE	0.4 NE	0.3 SE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	5	9	8	7	13	5	18	17	16	9	8	14	8	8	10	5	10	7	10	8	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 NE	-	1.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	-	0.5 NNE	0.3 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NNE	0.6 NE	1.4 SSW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	-	5	-	8	2	-	3	3	4	6	7	-	-	3	4	5	5	6	7	13	6	7

	Sunday 14							Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.4 ENE	1.6 NE	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.8 NE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.4 NE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	8	8	12	7	7	14	8	8	13	13	7	8	8	8	18	17	8	17	16
Energy(?)	49	43	73	25	39	30	202	218	73	213	309	40	30	354	329	271	258	224	292	651	319	378
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:50PM 1.64				12:37AM 1.56	1:15AM 1.65				1:36PM 1.62				1:24AM 1.57				2:20PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)		6:34AM 0.39				7:00PM 0.37				6:37AM 0.39				6:55PM 0.36					8:20AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	1	-	-	2	4	3	5
Temp. °C	11	11	13	17	18	16	16	17	19	17	17	18	17	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	10
Chill °C (?)	10	11	12	16	17	14	16	17	19	16	16	17	16	11	10	12	12	10	11	12	13	8
Sunrise	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:24
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.8 NE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 NE	1.2 NE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	14	13	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	4	4	5	8	9	12	12	8	14	14	9	9	13	11	11	10	4	18	17	17	17	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NNE	-	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	0.9 NE	1.2 NE	1.5 ENE	-	0.4 NW	-	1.6 NE	1.6 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	-	-	-	0.5 NNE	1.4 NE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	5	-	5	5	4	5	7	-	2	-	8	7	2	13	4	-	-	-	3	8	3	3

	Sunday 14
	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	0.1 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.3 ENE	0.2 SSW	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	5	5	9	12	12	6	15	6
Energy(?)	43	49	125	47	45	43	17	25	24	25	17	25	25	35	41	79	3	90	75	155	48	166
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												12:50PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)						6:34AM 0.39												7:00PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	12	11	11	11	12	13	14	15	15	17	18	16	17	22	16	14	14	17	16	17
Chill °C (?)	10	11	12	11	11	11	11	12	14	14	14	16	17	15	16	22	15	12	12	16	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	7	10	10	10	9	9	6	6	8	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	5	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	12	12	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	-	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	-	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	-	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	1.2 NE	1.5 NE	1.6 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	4	-	4	5	5	-	5	5	-	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6