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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	Tue	Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03
	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 - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	0	2	2	3	2	0	0	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	2.3 SW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.8 NE	1.4 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 S	1.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	11	11	12	11	12	11	9	9	13	12	12	9	6	7	11	6	4	6	7
Energy(?)	449	254	188	123	50	93	2006	920	653	209	311	848	933	199	140	228	218	129	110	61	146	106
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:55PM 1.69	11:08AM 1.73		1:07AM 1.83		1:32PM 1.73	1:25AM 1.83		2:28PM 1.78	3:00AM 1.93		3:23PM 1.81	3:54AM 1.95		3:29PM 1.86	3:46AM 2.04		4:04PM 1.93		4:32AM 2.02	4:50PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)		5:32AM 0.35	6:34PM 0.26		7:18AM 0.30			8:23AM 0.25		8:43PM 0.16	9:22AM 0.20		9:41PM 0.11	9:29AM 0.12		9:26PM -0.01	9:57AM 0.09		10:16PM -0.02	10:45AM 0.09		12:14AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	-
High °C	11	18	15	16	21	16	14	13	12	12	12	13	13	16	19	15	21	20	17	12	19	16
Low °C	9	14	15	16	18	15	10	12	12	8	12	13	13	15	18	14	17	16	13	10	19	11
Chill °C (?)	10	18	15	15	21	15	13	12	11	12	12	12	11	15	18	13	21	20	17	8	18	16
Sunrise	-	6:24	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 S	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 E	1.0 SSE
Period (s)	9	8	8	7	7	12	12	12	11	9	9	13	12	12	9	8	8	7	9	9	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 NE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NE	0.7 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	5	10	10	10	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	10	11	10	9	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NNE	-	0.4 NNE	-	1.1 SW	2.3 SW	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.8 NE	1.4 ENE	-	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 S	2.3 S
Period (s)	-	3	-	3	-	5	11	-	-	-	-	4	-	6	4	6	7	-	6	4	6	8

	Tue	Wednesday 28								Thursday 29								Friday 30
	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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	4	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSE	1.6 S	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	12	11	10	12	11	11	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	590	628	387	324	289	322	193	220	148	123	104	95	126	57	61	95	1475	1425	1955	654	551	395
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	on
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		10:40PM 1.83				12:35PM 1.69					1:07AM 1.83			12:52PM 1.68					1:07AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)				6:10AM 0.32				6:34PM 0.26					7:18AM 0.30			6:41PM 0.19					7:19AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	11	9	10	13	12	17	14	16	16	16	16	18	21	16	16	14	11	10	11	13	15
Chill °C (?)	9	10	8	9	13	11	17	13	15	16	16	16	18	21	15	15	13	9	8	9	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.6 S	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 NE	0.5 NE	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	1.1 S	0.7 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	4	4	3	-	-	-	-	4	5	11	11	12	-	-	-

	Tuesday 27				Wednesday 28
	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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	4	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 S	0.6 E	1.5 S	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.6 E	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	852	700	542	503	494	628	85	525	387	381	340	324	324	200	84	289	270	246	217	230	227	186
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	on	glass	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)						12:09AM 1.77											11:24AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)												6:10AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	11	10	10	10	11	10	9	9	9	10	11	13	14	15	17	17	16	16	15	14
Chill °C (?)	11	10	10	9	10	10	11	9	8	7	7	9	10	12	14	15	17	17	16	16	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 S	1.4 SSE	1.5 S	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	-	3	3	-	-	-