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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	Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wed
	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	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 ENE	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	1.1 SW	1.0 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SW	1.2 SSW	0.9 S	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	13	6	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	10	10	11	12	11	9
Energy(?)	31	193	345	199	485	119	108	155	315	245	262	261	299	596	226	379	174	260	234	208	187	59
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		6:54PM 1.79		7:22AM 1.81		7:47PM 1.74	8:13AM 1.74		8:39PM 1.69	9:04AM 1.67		9:32PM 1.64	9:56AM 1.60		8:57PM 1.70	9:25AM 1.48		10:01PM 1.49	11:38AM 1.53		11:06PM 1.49	11:29AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)	12:41PM 0.16		12:13AM 0.08		1:27PM 0.21	1:47AM 0.23		2:12PM 0.27	2:33AM 0.31		2:56PM 0.34	3:21AM 0.39		3:43PM 0.41	3:26AM 0.39		3:51PM 0.37		5:05AM 0.50	5:26PM 0.48		5:11AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	12	15	15	17	13	15	12	19	16	16	11	12	11	12	14	14	13	14	13	16
Low °C	12	13	12	13	14	13	12	12	12	13	15	11	11	11	10	11	13	13	13	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	13	13	12	14	13	17	12	15	10	19	15	16	9	10	11	11	13	13	13	14	12	15
Sunrise	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45
Sunset	-	9:07	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	1.1 SW	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 S	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	13	6	7	13	13	12	12	13	13	10	7	12	10	10	11	10	11	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	0.2 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.7 SW	0.5 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	10	13	13	7	7	6	13	6	6	5	12	10	10	9	11	12	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	-	-	0.3 NNE	1.0 NE	-	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 NNW	0.8 NE	1.4 NE	-	0.4 SW	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	-
Period (s)	2	-	-	3	4	-	5	6	3	6	5	-	3	13	-	-	-	3	4	5	6	-

	Wednesday 04					Thursday 05								Friday 06								Sat
	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	2	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	0.4 SSE	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	12	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	13	13	13	12	12	13	7	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	283	190	87	221	358	224	340	218	353	238	249	217	452	392	414	187	65	107	97	73	80	261
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:54PM 1.79					7:22AM 1.81				7:47PM 1.74			6:51AM 1.77					7:13PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)		12:41PM 0.16					1:01AM 0.16				1:27PM 0.21				1:08AM 0.15				2:12PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	-
Temp. °C	10	13	14	13	12	11	12	11	12	15	16	17	15	16	17	12	13	12	13	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	10	12	13	13	12	10	10	10	10	14	15	16	14	16	17	11	12	11	13	11	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 NE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	13	13	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSE	0.4 NE	0.6 SW	0.4 SSE	0.6 SW	0.4 SSE	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 NE
Period (s)	9	9	12	8	12	13	12	12	11	12	13	10	10	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 N	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NE	0.7 NE	0.9 ENE	1.4 NE	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.2 NNE	-
Period (s)	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	4	5	5	-	-	4	5	5	6	-	2	-

	Wednesday 04																Thursday 05
	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	2	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	0.8 S	0.4 ENE	0.9 S	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.2 ENE	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	232	142	31	175	267	190	259	193	254	234	211	221	329	322	279	261	4	224	215	233	194	252
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												6:54PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)						12:41PM 0.16													1:01AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	12	11	10	13	11	14	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	10	11	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	8	10	12	11	10	12	10	13	11	12	12	13	12	12	12	10	11	10	10	10	9	10
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 SSE	0.5 NE	0.4 SSE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	7	11	11	11	9	9	9	12	9	12	8	8	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 N	-	0.2 NNE	-	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	2	-	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-