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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	Tue	Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	3	2	1	2	3	2	2	3	1	5	7	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.8 E	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	4.5 ENE	0.5 SSW	2.3 ENE	1.7 E	1.3 E	0.5 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 S	1.1 SSE	1.3 S	3.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	13	13	14	6	13	18	15	11	14	10	10	9	12	12	12	11	16	7	11	14	14
Energy(?)	71	164	207	259	340	34	32	77	4509	124	1040	622	419	154	321	230	277	769	237	450	8089	6155
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		9:13AM 1.62		9:54PM 1.74	9:44AM 1.66		11:44PM 1.80	12:11PM 1.70		11:47PM 1.79		1:08PM 1.74	1:38AM 1.84		2:02PM 1.78	2:30AM 1.86		2:52PM 1.81	3:19AM 1.85		3:41PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)	3:13AM 0.30		3:35PM 0.25		4:09AM 0.30	4:33PM 0.25		5:47AM 0.35	6:11PM 0.29		6:55AM 0.33		7:18PM 0.26	7:56AM 0.29		8:19PM 0.23	8:51AM 0.25		9:13PM 0.20	9:01AM 0.64		10:01PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	3	1	2	-	-	-
High °C	15	12	13	14	14	14	15	17	15	16	16	13	12	14	16	17	14	12	12	14	13	9
Low °C	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	15	15	14	15	12	12	13	16	16	12	11	11	11	11	8
Chill °C (?)	15	11	11	12	12	11	13	16	13	16	16	12	12	13	15	17	12	10	11	12	11	6
Sunrise	-	7:45	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	3.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.7 E	1.3 E	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	0.6 E	0.5 ESE	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	7	13	13	14	11	13	18	15	14	11	10	10	9	8	12	12	11	11	11	10	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSW	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.9 ENE	1.0 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 NE	0.5 E	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	15	7	7	12	11	-	10	-	-	14	14	16	14	9	7	5	6	16	16	9	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	-	0.6 SE	1.1 ESE	1.8 E	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	4.5 ENE	-	-	0.5 SSW	-	0.5 NE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSE	1.3 S	3.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	2	-	5	6	6	7	9	11	11	-	-	4	-	3	8	6	-	4	7	11	14	14

	Tue	Wednesday 25								Thursday 26								Friday 27
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Potato Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 E	1.1 ESE	1.8 E	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	3.0 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	6	6	6	13	13	13	12	18	16	10	15	15
Energy(?)	70	97	94	71	82	94	207	475	261	259	260	160	340	70	34	24	22	32	53	2753	77	73
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	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	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:44PM 1.75				8:35AM 1.66									11:10AM 1.67				11:44PM 1.80				12:11PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)			3:13AM 0.30				3:57PM 0.27					4:39AM 0.33				5:02PM 0.30				5:24AM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	6	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	15	17
Chill °C (?)	15	14	10	11	11	12	10	10	11	10	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	1.1 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.8 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	6	7	13	13	13	5	14	14	6	11	13	13	9	12	18	16	10	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	15	14	14	13	13	7	12	14	12	12	12	11	11	-	13	19	10	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.6 E	0.6 SE	1.0 E	0.4 ENE	1.1 ESE	1.3 E	0.9 NE	1.8 E	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	2	-	6	5	5	6	6	6	5	6	7	7	8	8	9	10	10	11	11

	Tuesday 24				Wednesday 25
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Potato Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.6 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	15	15	15	12	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	64	72	70	70	78	71	103	182	129	108	107	105	105	164	164	199	199	199	199	46	207	206
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		8:44PM 1.75														10:07AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)									3:36AM 0.29												3:57PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	15	15	14	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	12	12
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	15	14	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	13	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	15	15	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	7	7	7	13	13	13	6	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	3	5	5