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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	Wed	Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Potato Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SE	0.9 SSE	0.7 ENE	2.1 E	0.8 S	1.9 E
Period(s) (?)	18	16	15	14	15	16	14	13	13	12	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	12	7	10
Energy(?)	246	303	379	330	133	163	92	42	112	107	36	39	145	126	105	88	222	166	93	1313	104	750
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	off	glass	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)		7:11AM 1.65		8:56PM 1.54	9:23AM 1.63		9:48PM 1.57	8:44AM 1.61		9:07PM 1.55	11:08AM 1.67		11:35PM 1.69	12:01PM 1.70		12:30AM 1.77	11:38AM 1.67		1:24AM 1.84		1:48PM 1.77	2:18AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)	2:03AM 0.33		2:33PM 0.36	2:49AM 0.33		3:18PM 0.35	3:37AM 0.33		3:12PM 0.39	3:33AM 0.35	4:30AM 0.32	4:59PM 0.30		5:28AM 0.30	5:56PM 0.27		5:29AM 0.29	6:55PM 0.22		7:34AM 0.23		7:56PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	3	1	-	9	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	14	13	11	13	13	10	13	13	11	12	14	12	12	13	11	12	12	11	13	11	11
Low °C	10	14	12	10	12	10	9	12	13	10	11	13	11	11	12	10	12	11	11	12	11	10
Chill °C (?)	10	14	11	10	12	12	9	12	12	9	11	13	11	11	12	10	11	10	9	12	9	10
Sunrise	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.7 SE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SE	0.6 SSE	0.7 ENE	2.1 E	2.5 ENE	1.9 E
Period (s)	8	10	15	14	15	16	14	13	13	12	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	12	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.7 ENE	0.6 SE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 SE	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 NE	0.7 S	0.3 S	0.8 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	18	6	9	5	6	8	7	7	8	6	12	8	12	13	9	9	8	7	7	14	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NE	-	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.7 NE	0.6 E	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	0.9 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	4	4	6	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	8	8	6	6	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 25								Friday 26								Saturday 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	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	215	289	269	302	303	334	277	362	282	262	304	284	297	152	154	147	206	92	83	91	42	119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:06PM 1.52				8:33AM 1.63				7:27PM 1.53				9:23AM 1.63				8:14PM 1.53					10:15AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)			2:03AM 0.33				2:33PM 0.36				2:49AM 0.33				3:18PM 0.35				3:37AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	11	10	14	14	13	12	9	8	10	11	12	13	13	10	9	9	9	9	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	11	10	9	14	12	11	10	7	8	10	10	12	12	12	8	8	7	8	8	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.6 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 E	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	5	10	10	10	9	15	15	5	14	14	14	15	16	4	14	14	14	4	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 SE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 NE	0.5 S	0.4 NE	0.4 SE	0.5 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	8	18	11	6	6	16	16	9	5	14	5	6	5	6	8	15	4	7	7	14	7	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	1.0 NE	-	0.4 NW	-	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	0.7 NE	0.3 E	0.6 E	0.2 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	-	3	-	6	6	5	3	-	-	-	6	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	-	-

	Wednesday 24				Thursday 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	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Energy(?)	260	236	215	191	246	246	246	397	342	404	410	410	410	306	303	301	380	334	330	303	310	393
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)														8:33AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)																				2:33PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1
High °C	11	13	12	12	12	12	13	10	9	9	12	12	12	13	14	15	15	14	12	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	9	12	10	9	9	9	12	9	8	8	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	12	10	10	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	6	6	6	10	10	10	16	10	10	9	9	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	18	18	18	5	5	5	10	10	10	6	6	6	10	16	16	16	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NNE	1.1 NNE	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	5