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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	Sun		Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Middle Beach (Moana Rua) Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	3	4	2	2	0	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ESE	1.1 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	3.5 SW	1.6 SSE	4.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.4 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	16	11	11	12	14	13	13	10	13	12	11	14	12	12	11	11	10	13	16	16	14
Energy(?)	282	893	332	203	3979	1045	7538	2305	896	1504	1213	1101	1319	1020	427	390	181	55	91	875	910	1044
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross	off	on
High Tide / height (m)		2:30AM 1.86		1:55PM 1.80	2:40AM 1.84		2:38PM 1.83	3:02AM 1.86		3:21PM 1.84	3:43AM 1.83	4:28AM 2.24	4:43PM 2.14		5:35AM 1.75	5:24PM 2.13		5:02AM 1.72	5:23PM 1.75		5:42AM 1.65	6:06PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)		8:19PM 0.23	8:02AM 0.10		8:21PM 0.12	8:26AM 0.16		8:45PM 0.11	9:28AM 0.15		9:29PM 0.13	10:29AM 0.61		10:27PM 0.19	11:47AM 0.24		11:34PM 0.65	11:11AM 0.27		12:51AM 0.32	11:53AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	4	6	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-
High °C	19	14	14	13	12	10	12	10	14	16	16	17	20	20	21	18	17	12	10	11	14	13
Low °C	16	11	12	13	8	8	11	9	9	13	15	16	18	17	16	18	13	10	10	11	12	13
Chill °C (?)	19	14	14	12	10	9	10	7	14	15	16	17	20	20	21	17	17	11	10	10	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-
Sunset	7:35	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	2.3 S	2.5 SSW	1.4 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	16	16	11	11	10	14	13	10	13	12	11	14	12	12	11	11	10	5	16	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.3 NE	-	0.3 ESE	0.5 S	1.0 S	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 S	1.0 SSE	0.3 NE	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	11	5	7	-	10	15	14	13	13	13	10	14	5	11	13	4	13	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	-	1.1 SSW	-	3.5 SW	1.6 SSE	4.0 SW	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	-	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	5	-	12	14	13	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	6	-	-	-

	Sunday 29			Monday 30								Tuesday 31								Wednesday 01
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Warrington Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	3	3	2	4	4	4	2	4	5	2	3	1	0	4	3	6	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.8 SW	3.5 SW	0.5 SE	1.4 S	0.5 E	4.0 SSW	2.4 S	1.9 S	3.5 SW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S
Period(s) (?)	12	8	12	17	17	16	16	16	11	10	11	15	12	11	14	8	8	13	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	243	348	641	886	430	1224	1219	1100	236	1245	4175	246	774	58	5528	1382	876	5822	1414	1029	1135	1166
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	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	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	2:02PM 1.78				1:54AM 1.84				2:12PM 1.75				3:02AM 2.43				3:12PM 2.18				3:02AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)			7:32PM 0.08				7:42AM 0.19				8:02PM 0.12				9:40AM 0.21				8:45PM 0.11	10:01PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	2	2	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	15	14	14	14	11	12	17	16	12	11	12	13	7	8	10	10	11	9	8	7	8
Chill °C (?)	16	14	14	14	13	9	10	16	15	10	9	10	13	4	4	9	8	9	7	5	4	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.8 E	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.6 E	0.7 SSE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	1.3 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S
Period (s)	12	8	7	17	7	16	16	16	11	15	11	11	13	11	10	14	14	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.0 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 S	0.7 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.5 SE	0.6 E	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.1 S	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	8	12	12	8	12	8	12	11	16	11	15	15	11	-	-	10	10	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	1.1 NE	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 NE	1.8 SW	3.5 SW	-	1.4 S	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	2.4 S	1.9 S	3.5 SW	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	2	5	6	6	7	10	11	-	12	14	14	8	8	13	-	-	3	3

	Sunday 29										Monday 30
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Warrington Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	3	3	2	4	4	4	2	4	5	2	3	1	0	4	3	6	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.5 NE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.7 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	17	12	12	12	16	12	12	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	204	238	504	282	320	443	434	427	347	485	771	195	217	233	1565	259	225	1010	1224	967	1219	1043
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:02PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)							7:12PM 0.15												7:42AM 0.19	8:51AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	13	18	18	16	15	15	15	14	14	17	16	15	13	14	14	11	11	11	12	13
Chill °C (?)	14	15	10	18	18	16	15	15	15	14	14	17	16	14	10	13	13	9	9	8	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 S	1.7 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	6	7	17	12	12	16	16	12	12	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 SW	0.6 E	0.2 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.0 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.9 E	0.8 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.5 E	0.8 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	13	8	13	12	12	12	12	12	8	12	12	7	12	17	7	7	8	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.5 NE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.1 SW	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	6	6	8	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	3	6	3	4	5	5	6	6