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 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Murdering Bay Otago	Potato Point Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	0	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	4	4	3	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	1.1 E	0.6 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.4 ESE	2.0 SW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SW	1.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 ENE	0.5 S	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	3.0 S	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	4.0 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	9	13	10	12	12	9	8	9	14	14	14	8	8	10	10	9	8	9	9	11	11
Energy(?)	565	373	340	240	74	1340	816	907	359	443	305	261	141	35	157	335	1854	489	485	1180	1879	3278
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)				2:04PM 1.80	2:28AM 1.83		2:49PM 1.86			3:36PM 1.90					4:09AM 2.24	5:20PM 1.92		5:00AM 2.20			6:46AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)			7:00AM 0.23		8:19PM 0.21	8:43AM 0.20		9:08PM 0.15						10:15PM 0.37	10:37AM 0.42		11:37PM 0.12	11:31AM 0.48				12:48PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	1	8	-	-	-	1	3	-	10	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	10	14	15	10	9	11	11	15	17	13	13	12	10	12	10	9	8	9	9	9	9
Low °C	12	8	9	14	7	8	10	10	9	13	12	12	11	8	9	9	8	7	9	8	9	9
Chill °C (?)	13	9	14	13	8	4	8	7	14	17	12	13	11	8	10	8	6	6	7	8	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:20	-
Sunset	6:02	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:59	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:51
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.7 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.3 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.8 SE	0.3 ENE	0.4 S	3.0 SE	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	9	10	12	11	10	9	9	9	6	8	8	8	10	10	10	8	9	12	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.7 S	0.6 E	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.2 S	0.9 ENE	-	0.5 ENE	-	0.4 NE	-	-
Period (s)	14	13	10	8	10	11	11	13	15	14	14	14	8	8	16	10	-	9	-	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SW	0.3 NW	0.6 NE	0.3 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SW	-	1.0 NE	1.2 NE	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	1.4 SSE	3.0 S	1.9 S	1.7 SE	2.5 SE	0.7 S	4.0 SE
Period (s)	-	4	2	3	3	12	9	8	-	5	6	-	-	-	8	6	9	9	9	9	10	11

	Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Friday 17
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	2.2 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	9	13	13	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	12	9	10	8	8	8	14
Energy(?)	565	507	500	373	321	323	340	437	337	355	387	265	237	100	147	1530	816	930	835	937	1329	539
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	mid-ebb	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	-	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	1:20PM 1.73				1:43AM 1.79												2:49PM 1.86					3:13AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)			6:34PM 0.24				7:57AM 0.27								7:57AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	12	9	9	8	10	14	15	13	9	11	11	7	10	9	11	13	11	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	13	11	11	7	7	6	8	14	14	11	6	10	9	5	8	4	7	12	9	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 S	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.4 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	10	9	8	8	5	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	15	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.3 NW	-	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	0.9 SW	0.3 W	0.5 W	-	0.4 NW	2.2 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	5	5	2	-	8	5	4	2	3	-	3	12	9	10	8	8	8	-

	Tuesday 14											Wednesday 15
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.0 E	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.8 E	0.6 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	13	13	9	13	13	9	13	13	13
Energy(?)	675	614	666	496	486	443	475	473	421	512	377	240	238	103	103	321	301	98	200	340	301	301
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)														1:07AM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)								7:30PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	9	11	8	11	11	10	10	8	8	8	9	7	10	11
Chill °C (?)	13	14	12	13	12	12	11	11	8	9	7	10	10	8	8	6	6	7	8	6	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.5 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	-	0.3 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4	4	5	5	-	-	2	-	-