Otago Surf

Otago Surf Forecast

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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Otago Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Otago Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Otago Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Otago Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Otago Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Otago Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Otago Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Otago Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Otago Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09
	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	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Brighton Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Wainakarua River Mouth Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Wainakarua River Mouth Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	2	2	4	4	1	0	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.5 S	1.1 ENE	1.2 NE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSE	1.4 S	1.6 S
Period(s)	10	11	10	10	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	6	18	17	16	15	18	16	10
Energy	690	511	58	245	201	221	102	336	277	274	240	81	199	344	215	1614	1384	889	1145	1927	1704	1014
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:54AM 1.54	5:03PM 1.68		5:44AM 1.50		6:11PM 1.60	5:42AM 1.53		6:01PM 1.63	6:25AM 1.54		8:35PM 1.58	7:31AM 1.45		7:59PM 1.55	8:19AM 1.47		10:12PM 1.62	9:36AM 1.47		10:00PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)	10:54PM 0.43	11:05AM 0.39		11:44PM 0.44	11:58AM 0.41		12:34AM 0.46		12:19PM 0.30	12:45AM 0.38		1:06PM 0.44	2:27AM 0.41		2:16PM 0.42	2:26AM 0.46		3:04PM 0.40		3:35AM 0.40	3:50PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	12	11	12	13	14	14	13	13	11	11	8	12	13	13	14	16	9	11	12	11
Low °C	10	11	10	9	9	13	12	13	12	11	11	9	7	10	11	11	13	11	8	8	11	11
Chill °C	11	11	11	8	11	12	13	13	13	13	8	10	3	10	12	11	12	15	4	8	10	9
Sunrise	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:10	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:01	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.4 S	1.3 SSW	0.2 E	1.5 S	1.8 SSE	1.8 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	10	11	11	10	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	8	9	9	8	18	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 SE	0.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.1 SE	1.3 SSW	0.3 SSE	1.4 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	9	12	10	9	10	10	13	12	9	12	11	11	14	15	21	18	17	14	15	10	16	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 NE	1.2 NE	1.1 ENE	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 S	-	-	-	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	6	7	2	-	-	-	3	4	8	9	6	8	9	16	-	-	-	3

	Tue	Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Friday 05
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 NE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	9	8	8
Energy	1003	690	647	532	511	442	58	95	315	245	245	154	201	223	221	428	96	102	111	344	336	316
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				4:54AM 1.54				5:03PM 1.68				5:41AM 1.49				5:46PM 1.63	6:11PM 1.60			5:42AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)		10:54PM 0.43				10:47AM 0.39				11:44PM 0.44				11:58AM 0.41					12:34AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	10	11	11	11	12	10	10	11	9	9	9	12	13	12	14	13	13	13	14	13
Chill °C	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	8	8	8	7	6	7	11	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	12	10	10	10	10	9	11	9	10	10	10	10	13	13	9	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	-	0.2 NNW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	-	2	2	3	-	-

	Tuesday 02					Wednesday 03
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10
Energy	676	676	1003	690	690	690	634	634	647	570	570	532	878	502	511	215	440	442	449	82	58	58
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											4:54AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)					10:54PM 0.43												10:47AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	12	12
Chill °C	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	13	4	10	4	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-