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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	Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Mon
	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 - Smaills Beach Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago
Rating	1	1	2	0	0	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	0	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.2 SSE	1.2 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	3.0 ENE	2.0 E	1.6 E	1.7 ENE	1.2 E	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 E	0.6 E	-	1.2 E	1.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	5	14	14	8	13	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	9	9	-	7	8	9	9	13
Energy(?)	169	38	122	115	114	505	57	1658	907	593	731	334	114	37	249	65	0	136	232	406	400	463
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:16PM 1.61	7:40AM 1.51		8:07PM 1.57	7:37AM 1.41		8:40PM 1.97	8:51AM 2.05		9:51PM 1.56	10:16AM 1.48		10:41PM 1.58	11:04AM 1.52		10:50PM 1.51	11:13AM 1.45		12:15AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)		12:23PM 0.63	1:14AM 0.43		1:29PM 0.44	1:58AM 0.47		2:13PM 0.81	2:16AM 0.99		3:09PM 0.87		3:38AM 0.52	3:55PM 0.49		4:32AM 0.51	4:45PM 0.85		5:00AM 0.46			6:19AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	12	13	13	14	14	15	16	15	14	17	14	13	12	13	13	17	16	14	19	19	11	12
Low °C	11	13	12	14	14	13	14	15	13	14	14	11	12	13	12	14	15	14	14	15	10	10
Chill °C (?)	9	13	13	12	12	13	16	15	14	17	13	13	12	11	12	16	14	13	19	19	7	10
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.5 E	0.7 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 S	2.0 E	3.0 ENE	2.0 E	1.6 E	1.7 ENE	1.2 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.1 SW	1.2 E	1.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	12	5	5	14	14	13	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	6	8	7	8	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	11	12	10	9	9	9	13	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	9	13	14	5	5	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	-	1.2 E	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 NE	0.9 NE	1.3 NE	1.7 NE	-	-	-	-	0.5 S
Period (s)	5	-	5	6	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	3	5	6	6	-	-	-	-	3

	Monday 06							Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	1.3 ENE	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.9 ENE	1.2 E	1.5 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.8 E	2.4 ENE	2.2 E	2.2 E
Period(s) (?)	6	6	12	12	12	6	6	5	5	6	6	14	14	14	14	13	9	9	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	58	60	228	209	112	221	101	122	92	136	205	116	114	103	67	65	1318	2400	547	1066	1032	1096
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	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
High Tide / height (m)		5:29AM 2.20	6:51AM 1.56				6:21PM 1.58				6:23AM 2.19				8:07PM 1.57				7:37AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)					12:46PM 0.39				12:32AM 0.82				1:29PM 0.44				1:19AM 0.90				2:14PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	11	11	8	9	10	11	12	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.3 S	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.4 E	2.5 ENE	1.8 E	2.4 ENE	2.2 E	2.2 E
Period (s)	4	5	12	12	12	12	10	5	5	6	6	14	14	14	14	13	9	9	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	11	11	11	11	12	10	11	11	12	9	9	9	9	9	14	13	13	13	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.9 ENE	1.2 E	1.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	-	-	-	-

	Monday 06
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 E	0.3 ENE	1.0 E	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	5	5	13	13	13	13	5	6	5	5	5	12	12	12	12	12	5	10	6	-	12	12
Energy(?)	51	54	242	182	177	174	71	47	42	42	42	209	197	200	203	203	22	22	96	0	70	70
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																			6:21PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)													12:46PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	10	10	8	8	8	8	9	11	11	11	11	9	9	10	10	10	13	12	12	12	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 E	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	4	4	13	13	13	13	9	5	5	5	5	12	12	12	12	12	5	10	10	10	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	11	10	10	9	13	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	12	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	-	6	6	6	6	6