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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	Thu	Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26
	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 - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	2	0	3	3	0	2	0	0	3	2	0	2	1	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 ESE	1.1 E	0.8 E	2.5 SW	1.1 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 E	1.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	8	8	15	16	12	9	8	8	8	11	7	7	16	16	15	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	128	418	174	1070	385	327	266	393	25	764	167	146	53	130	313	159	244	602	356	128	119	188
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:42AM 1.78	6:06PM 1.71		6:12AM 1.78		7:54PM 1.75	8:22AM 1.71		8:24PM 2.10	8:19AM 1.63		9:52PM 1.74	10:21AM 1.65		10:54PM 1.75	9:52AM 1.67		10:49PM 1.72	11:41AM 1.61		12:56AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)	12:30AM 0.19	12:53PM 0.23		12:22AM 0.17	12:30PM 0.23	1:37PM 0.23	2:01AM 0.23		2:23PM 0.25	2:31AM 0.68		2:18PM 0.30	3:48AM 0.31		4:11PM 0.29		4:16AM 0.35	5:14PM 0.30		5:32AM 0.33	6:21PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3
High °C	15	14	19	11	15	16	13	13	18	13	15	20	15	15	13	12	15	14	13	13	15	10
Low °C	11	13	18	11	12	16	12	13	17	11	13	16	11	13	13	11	13	13	12	13	12	9
Chill °C (?)	15	12	19	7	14	14	10	10	17	11	14	20	14	14	11	11	13	12	12	13	14	8
Sunrise	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:34	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.8 ENE	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.3 E	0.9 SW	1.0 S	0.7 S	1.1 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 SE	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	12	11	11	8	8	6	12	9	13	8	8	6	6	11	6	16	15	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	11	8	14	11	10	15	9	14	7	9	12	12	8	10	14	10	9	9	4	5	5	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NNE	0.9 SW	0.6 S	2.5 SW	-	0.8 NE	-	1.3 WSW	1.5 S	1.9 SSW	-	1.1 NE	-	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	0.3 NE	0.7 NE	-	-	-	0.9 S
Period (s)	3	4	4	8	-	4	-	5	5	8	-	4	-	7	7	-	3	4	-	-	-	5

	Thu	Friday 20								Saturday 21								Sunday 22
	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 - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	3	2	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.5 SW	2.0 S	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.6 N	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	11	14	12	12	12	12	11	8	7	8	8	8	16	15	15	7	16	15	14	12	9
Energy(?)	202	107	216	394	419	859	658	743	561	536	690	1015	848	382	327	283	370	266	238	84	393	552
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:45AM 1.77					7:03PM 1.75			6:12AM 1.78	7:29AM 1.75								8:22AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		12:30AM 0.19				12:53PM 0.23				12:46AM 0.51					1:37PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	14	15	14	12	13	14	13	12	11	11	10	10	12	15	16	16	14	12	12	12	13	13
Chill °C (?)	12	15	13	11	11	11	10	9	7	11	8	8	11	14	14	14	12	10	10	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:58	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	1.3 NE	0.9 ENE	0.7 NE	0.5 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	7	8	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	14	4	8	14	14	14	13	10	10	10	13	16	15	15	8	9	10	9	14	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 S	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	1.6 WSW	-	0.8 NE	1.5 NE	1.6 N	-	0.4 WNW	-	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	3	3	4	15	4	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	-	4	5	7	-	3	-	5	9

	Thursday 19				Friday 20
	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 - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	3	2	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.9 SW	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.9 SW	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	7	11	11	11	11	8	11	11	11	11	12	13	9	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11
Energy(?)	429	82	141	133	128	154	107	56	81	136	216	289	285	376	418	412	404	545	555	323	658	612
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)											5:51AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)					11:18PM 0.13	12:30AM 0.19												12:53PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	11	12	12	13	14	15	14	15	18	13	13
Chill °C (?)	14	13	13	13	15	13	14	14	13	12	13	8	9	9	10	12	13	12	13	17	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	7	7	11	11	8	8	8	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	8	11	8	8	11	11	11	8	8	13	8	11	11	8	8	8	7	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SW	0.2 NNE	-	0.3 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.6 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	7	2	-	2	2	3	3	3	6	3	6	9	9	4	4	4	4	8	8	4	8	8