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 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			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	Karitane Point Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	0	3	2	1	0	1	2	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.6 NE	1.0 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 S	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.3 E
Period(s) (?)	10	7	9	10	8	11	14	10	14	10	10	10	5	9	11	11	10	10	10	6	7	8
Energy(?)	21	194	267	183	87	117	114	813	431	119	105	153	67	158	254	209	13	119	112	95	158	311
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)			10:23PM 1.49	9:49AM 1.54		9:45PM 1.49	10:40AM 1.57		10:58PM 1.53	11:11AM 1.64		11:37PM 1.66		1:19PM 1.76	12:32AM 1.77		1:20PM 1.75	2:36AM 1.90		1:38PM 1.96	3:28AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)		3:50PM 0.40			4:39PM 0.37		4:28AM 0.36	4:55PM 0.36		4:59AM 0.31	5:46PM 0.29		6:55AM 0.24			7:06AM 0.17		8:18PM 0.13	7:40AM 0.12		9:14PM 0.07	9:00AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	6	6	1	3	5	1	8	-	1
High °C	23	23	16	12	13	11	18	16	14	15	12	12	11	10	11	14	16	13	12	12	13	13
Low °C	18	20	14	11	11	10	16	15	13	14	12	11	10	10	10	13	13	11	12	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	23	23	15	10	11	8	18	15	14	15	10	10	9	8	9	13	16	13	10	10	12	10
Sunrise	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	9:05	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 SW	1.2 NE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.2 E	1.3 E
Period (s)	9	7	9	10	10	11	11	15	10	6	10	6	10	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.2 S	0.6 ENE	1.1 NE	1.0 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	10	10	9	13	8	5	5	11	14	10	13	10	13	5	6	6	10	5	9	16	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	0.4 WNW	-	0.8 SSW	-	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	1.6 NE	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.6 S	0.8 S	-	-	0.3 NE	0.7 ENE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	1.0 E	-	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	6	3	-	4	-	4	5	10	-	-	6	4	5	-	-	2	4	5	6	6	-	3

	Thursday 27					Friday 28								Saturday 29								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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	2	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.6 SW	1.6 NE	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 SW	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	8	10	8	10	10	10	7	10	10	8	7	11	11	10	15	15	15	15	14
Energy(?)	21	19	13	139	78	571	206	339	245	432	146	72	58	28	272	106	111	84	218	519	443	729
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:58AM 1.57								9:42AM 1.54					11:14PM 1.56				11:39AM 1.65				10:32PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)			3:50PM 0.40				3:39AM 0.41				3:58PM 0.39					4:28AM 0.36				4:52PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	23	22	22	13	15	14	14	12	13	12	12	11	11	9	10	15	17	16	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	18	23	22	22	12	14	13	13	10	13	9	10	8	8	8	9	15	17	16	15	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.6 SW	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.2 NE
Period (s)	9	7	7	8	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	5	11	10	11	10	10	15	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.1 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	10	8	10	9	12	9	8	10	13	6	13	5	8	7	11	5	5	15	15	15	10	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	0.5 NNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.5 ENE	1.6 NE	-	0.3 WSW	0.8 S	1.4 SW	0.8 S	-	0.3 NE	0.8 NE	1.2 NE	-	-	0.6 NE	0.7 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	3	3	3	8	8	-	2	4	7	7	-	2	4	5	-	-	5	5	-	-	-

	Thursday 27																Friday 28
	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	2	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 E	0.4 SSW	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	1.5 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	1.6 NE	0.4 SW	1.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	8	10	7	6	7	7	8	8	10	10	9	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	9
Energy(?)	41	21	21	94	39	212	98	157	184	174	176	14	14	26	541	120	133	9	24	802	31	534
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			9:58AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)									3:20PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	18	20	17	24	24	23	23	23	22	20	16	15	13	16	15	18	13	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	13	17	18	20	16	24	24	23	23	23	22	20	15	14	12	16	14	17	12	15	15	15
Sunrise	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	10	9	9	8	8	7	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	8	10	10	10	10	8	8	10	10	10	3	4	4	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 NE	1.8 NE	0.5 NNW	0.6 N	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 NW	0.3 S	0.3 S	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.7 NE	-
Period (s)	9	6	6	5	8	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	8	8	3	3	8	8	8	9	-