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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	Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Fri
	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	Aramoana Spit Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury
Rating	3	3	3	2	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 ENE	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 S	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 ENE	0.5 SSE	0.6 S	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	13	13	9	15	17	16	14	13	12	11	13	9	12	12	12	7	12	11	6
Energy(?)	562	555	624	505	388	333	3192	2154	1774	1591	1300	906	256	322	148	271	258	267	59	115	173	174
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	12:41PM 1.53		12:32AM 1.54	12:36PM 1.49		1:23AM 1.60		1:38PM 1.53	1:08AM 1.71		1:55PM 1.63	3:18AM 1.79		2:32PM 1.72	2:58AM 1.82		3:12PM 1.79	3:36AM 1.86		3:32PM 1.92	3:58AM 1.94	5:28AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)		6:05PM 0.47		6:22AM 0.51	6:32PM 0.33		7:24AM 0.42		7:20PM 0.29	7:45AM 0.35		9:07PM 0.29	8:24AM 0.27		8:40PM 0.16	9:04AM 0.19		9:21PM 0.10	10:03AM 0.20		10:28PM 0.14	11:43AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	1	1
High °C	13	12	12	17	18	15	15	18	14	15	15	14	15	17	13	21	23	15	17	14	11	12
Low °C	12	11	8	13	17	12	14	16	13	15	14	13	13	17	12	15	18	13	16	12	9	11
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	16	17	14	15	18	14	15	15	13	14	16	11	21	23	15	16	12	9	10
Sunrise	7:28	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35
Sunset	-	8:02	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 S	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 S	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	14	13	10	9	15	17	16	14	13	12	11	10	9	12	12	12	7	7	11	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.2 ESE	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 NE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	9	10	13	12	9	9	9	9	8	11	14	13	8	6	6	12	11	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	-	0.6 W	0.7 WSW	2.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.7 ENE	-	-	0.8 SSW	1.3 S
Period (s)	3	4	-	3	4	13	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	2	4	-	-	6	-	-	5	6

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	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 - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SE	1.5 ENE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.4 SW	0.8 SE	1.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	8	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	10	13	10	11	13	13	14	15	15	16	16
Energy(?)	254	634	562	678	701	579	591	616	682	556	707	667	388	628	1598	1133	1381	1788	3192	3605	3806	3729
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:48AM 1.43				12:40AM 1.55									1:01AM 1.62			12:49PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)		5:51AM 0.53				6:08PM 0.48				6:21AM 0.51				6:34PM 0.43					7:07AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	16	13	12	12	11	12	12	11	8	13	16	18	17	14	10	14	13	14	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	17	15	12	12	12	11	12	12	9	6	12	16	17	16	13	8	12	12	13	15	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SE	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	10	14	13	14	14	13	13	10	10	12	11	13	13	14	15	15	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	0.8 SE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	14	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	0.3 NNW	0.7 WSW	1.3 SW	2.1 SW	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	2	3	4	-	4	-	-	3	6	7	3	4	10	11	-	3	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 13
	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 - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	13	8	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	14
Energy(?)	213	515	394	460	520	438	451	497	562	357	661	497	415	421	757	490	490	512	906	899	884	637
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	glass	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)											11:48AM 1.43	12:41PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)					5:30AM 0.41												5:47PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	19	16	18	14	19	16	17	15	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	18	15	17	14	18	15	17	13	11	12	12	11	13	13	12	12	11	12	10	10	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.8 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE
Period (s)	13	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 NW	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	-	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	2	-	2	3	3	3	3	4	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-