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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	Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thu
	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	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Pipeline (Dunedin) Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Warrington Otago	Warrington Otago	Warrington Otago	Warrington Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago
Rating	0	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSE	1.8 NE	1.7 ENE	2.2 NE	1.8 ENE	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 E	0.9 SSW	1.1 ESE	1.9 SE	1.3 E	3.5 ESE	3.0 SE	3.0 SSE	2.2 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	6	7	8	8	12	16	15	14	8	12	10	9	13	13	12	11	10	9	9	8	8
Energy(?)	89	325	336	879	491	178	220	225	220	236	406	294	766	1002	3831	2132	1986	972	635	632	473	152
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	on	on	off	cross- on	glass	off	off	cross	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:26PM 1.46	1:15PM 1.55	1:41AM 1.64		2:01PM 1.58	1:39AM 1.64		2:14PM 1.55	2:19AM 1.71		2:46PM 1.60	3:11AM 1.73		3:26PM 1.63		4:33AM 1.79	4:50PM 1.72		4:09AM 1.83	4:22PM 1.77		4:48AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)			7:19PM 0.46	7:56AM 0.47		7:10PM 0.43	8:01AM 0.44		7:53PM 0.36	9:06AM 0.74		8:47PM 0.28	10:12AM 0.32		10:25PM 0.26	10:52AM 0.28		11:06PM 0.22	10:19AM 0.22		10:34PM 0.12	10:59AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	23	17	18	12	12	16	13	11	14	14	12	13	12	11	13	12	11	13	12	13	17
Low °C	16	20	15	14	11	12	14	12	9	12	13	11	12	11	10	11	12	8	11	12	11	15
Chill °C (?)	18	23	17	18	10	11	16	13	11	12	13	10	11	10	9	11	9	9	12	11	13	16
Sunrise	6:47	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	8:55	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.1 ESE	1.9 SE	1.4 SE	3.5 ESE	3.0 SE	0.2 SSW	2.2 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	10	13	13	8	8	9	8	8	7	8	10	10	9	8	13	12	15	10	9	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.3 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	9	9	13	13	6	11	15	14	13	12	10	11	13	16	16	15	11	12	12	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.8 NE	1.7 ENE	2.2 NE	0.8 SSE	-	0.3 NE	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.6 SW	3.0 SSE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	7	8	4	-	3	-	-	3	4	6	6	5	12	7	11	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 12					Friday 13								Saturday 14								Sun
	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	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.4 ENE	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	13	13	12	12	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	12	11	16	15	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	89	109	80	57	44	336	588	599	982	589	341	370	95	284	276	281	286	124	225	259	309	275
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:15PM 1.55			12:55AM 1.58	1:17AM 1.57				1:27PM 1.50				2:26AM 1.68				1:53PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)					7:19PM 0.46								8:11PM 0.42				8:45AM 0.43				7:52PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	3	5	-	-
Temp. °C	17	19	18	17	15	15	17	17	19	22	12	12	12	11	12	12	13	14	13	12	11	10
Chill °C (?)	17	18	17	16	13	14	17	16	19	22	10	10	11	10	10	10	11	12	13	11	11	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.4 E	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.0 E	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	13	12	12	13	7	8	8	7	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	9	13	13	7	7	12	11	11	11	15	14	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.4 NE	1.8 NE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.5 SSE	1.1 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 12																Friday 13
	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	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.4 NE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.8 E	1.7 ENE	1.8 NE	0.3 SSW	1.8 ENE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	13	13	6	5	5	13	5	6	6	12	7	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	92	93	89	89	86	242	103	105	80	65	214	266	56	307	87	88	84	22	51	37	37	37
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						12:26PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)												6:38PM 0.47	7:19PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	16	17	18	22	19	19	24	21	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	12	14	15	16	17	22	18	18	24	21	16	16	14	15	13	13	13	13	14	14	16	16
Sunrise	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	13	9	12	9	12	12	12	13	13	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 S	0.3 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.3 E	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	13	13	13	13	11	11	9	11	9	11	9	12	9	9	9	9	9	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.8 NE	0.8 E	1.7 ENE	1.8 NE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.3 NE	2.2 NE	2.2 NE	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	-	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE
Period (s)	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	6	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	-	8	8