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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	Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Sat
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	2	0	2	2	1	1	1	0	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NE	1.7 NE	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.3 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	11	10	7	7	8	8	5	6	9	9	8	8	12	14	6	6	13	13	13
Energy(?)	480	767	864	177	277	275	220	215	128	108	149	318	168	150	186	122	503	367	71	83	84	73
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	off	off	on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:23PM 1.85	2:38AM 2.01		4:16PM 1.84		4:47AM 1.95	5:09PM 1.84		5:39AM 1.93	6:02PM 1.83		6:31AM 1.88	6:54PM 1.79		6:24AM 1.82	6:25PM 1.78		7:08AM 1.73		7:31PM 1.65	7:57AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)			9:00PM 0.06	10:16AM 0.15		10:35PM 0.08	11:07AM 0.13		11:25PM 0.07	11:55AM 0.13		12:14AM 0.10	12:41PM 0.16		11:53PM 0.08	12:42PM 0.17		1:02AM 0.18		1:08PM 0.25	1:49AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	7	11	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	14	14	17	18	17	18	15	12	10	11	11	13	15	12	15	18	15	16	13	12	16
Low °C	12	13	13	15	16	15	18	11	10	10	11	9	11	14	12	13	17	14	16	12	11	14
Chill °C (?)	12	13	13	16	17	17	18	14	10	7	9	9	12	14	10	14	18	14	16	11	11	15
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39
Sunset	-	9:10	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 S	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.3 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 E	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	11	12	12	11	10	9	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	12	14	6	6	7	7	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.2 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	11	14	11	11	13	10	8	10	10	12	11	7	7	7	12	9	11	11	7	7	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NE	-	0.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.7 NE	-	-	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.8 NE	0.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	-	0.2 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	6	10	7	-	-	5	5	6	-	-	-	3	4	5	6	-	3	-	-

	Saturday 31							Sunday 01								Monday 02
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	1	0	0	1	2	3	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	1.7 NE	1.8 NE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	10	11	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	7	7	7	7	8	8	8
Energy(?)	243	269	549	710	767	862	1130	864	756	549	470	139	106	103	85	302	560	303	220	235	179	182
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:03AM 1.95				3:23PM 1.81				3:54AM 1.95					4:16PM 1.84			3:46AM 2.04	4:03AM 1.99				4:18PM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)			8:39AM 0.12				9:41PM 0.11					10:16AM 0.15			9:26PM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	9	8	12	12	13	14	14	13	13	13	14	16	17	16	15	15	16	17	18	18	17	13
Chill °C (?)	8	7	12	11	12	13	13	12	12	13	13	15	16	14	14	14	16	17	18	18	17	11
Sunrise	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	9	10	11	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	7	7	7	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	8	8	10	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.4 NE	0.8 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.7 NE	1.8 NE	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	4	5	6	7	7	-	-	-	2	10

	Saturday 31
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	1	0	0	1	2	3	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.1 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	13	14	14	10	14	10	10	13	11	11
Energy(?)	231	231	395	332	332	339	410	462	480	517	556	329	361	394	429	70	443	66	68	491	65	89
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:03AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)									9:22AM 0.20											8:33PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	9	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	15	15	17	15	16	14	15	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	9	8	11	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	12	14	14	17	14	16	13	15	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	4	4	2	4	4