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	Karitane Point Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Warrington Otago	Warrington Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Warrington Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.5 ESE	2.2 SE	2.1 E	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.5 SE	2.1 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 SE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	16	15	14	8	9	10	9	14	13	11	11	10	9	9	16	8	14	14	13
Energy(?)	406	441	268	228	213	284	130	157	553	1017	2066	1756	1091	1536	1083	891	762	558	109	167	191	134
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:27PM 1.50	1:53AM 1.62		2:08PM 1.55	2:36AM 1.67		3:27PM 1.65	2:57AM 1.76		3:08PM 1.69	3:06AM 1.85		3:45PM 1.73		4:09AM 1.83	4:22PM 1.77		5:04AM 1.79	5:19PM 1.73		5:44AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)			7:23PM 0.42	7:55AM 0.44		8:09PM 0.34	8:39AM 0.37		8:34PM 0.28	10:12AM 0.32		9:24PM 0.24	9:40AM 0.26		9:53PM 0.15	10:19AM 0.22		10:50PM 0.14	11:17AM 0.21		11:34PM 0.14	12:00PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	6	-	-	6	4	-	-	1	4	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	12	13	16	12	11	14	14	11	11	11	13	14	15	14	13	14	14	20	16	15	16
Low °C	14	11	12	14	11	9	12	12	11	11	11	13	13	15	12	12	13	14	18	15	13	14
Chill °C (?)	18	9	12	16	11	11	12	12	8	8	9	11	14	13	12	12	14	13	20	14	15	15
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58
Sunset	-	8:52	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 S	1.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.5 ESE	2.2 SE	2.1 E	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.5 SE	2.1 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 SE	1.4 SE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	9	10	9	14	13	11	11	10	9	9	8	8	14	7	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.1 SE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.4 SE	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 SE	0.5 SW	0.5 E
Period (s)	13	13	6	11	15	14	8	13	10	12	8	-	-	15	13	7	7	16	8	7	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	1.0 S	-	0.6 NNE	-	-	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	1.3 S	0.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.0 S	1.7 S	0.1 S	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	-	0.3 NNE	-	-	0.4 SW	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	8	4	-	4	-	-	4	12	5	13	5	7	8	12	7	7	-	3	-	-	5	2

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	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Pipeline (Dunedin) Otago	Pipeline (Dunedin) Otago	Warrington Otago
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 E	1.3 ENE	0.9 SW	1.0 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	11	8	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	8	9	9	10	10
Energy(?)	949	446	404	433	329	331	240	246	252	99	213	417	307	284	323	285	311	158	181	275	445	553
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:27PM 1.50				1:57AM 1.61				1:53PM 1.57				2:18AM 1.71				2:46PM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)					7:23PM 0.42				7:41AM 0.45				7:52PM 0.36				8:21AM 0.39				8:47PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	14	12	12	12	11	12	12	14	15	12	13	11	10	10	9	11	14	14	13	12	11
Chill °C (?)	19	12	10	11	12	10	11	10	13	14	11	12	11	9	9	8	10	12	12	11	10	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	13	13	8	9	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	12	8	13	13	5	7	6	11	16	15	15	14	14	14	8	8	9	12	13	12	21	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	0.2 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 S
Period (s)	8	12	4	5	5	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	9	3	4	5	5	5	5	5

	Friday 13																Saturday 14
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Pipeline (Dunedin) Otago	Pipeline (Dunedin) Otago	Warrington Otago
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.4 ENE	0.5 SSW	1.0 SW	1.8 ENE	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	4	9	4	7	9	7	6	6	13	12	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	881	406	406	406	446	446	402	61	320	16	123	593	123	87	97	117	133	331	290	284	240	173
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	on	on	off	on	on	on	on	cross	on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)							1:31PM 1.48	2:01PM 1.58											1:53AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)													7:09PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	18	19	18	16	13	11	11	12	13	12	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	17	18	18	19	18	14	10	8	10	10	12	10	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	8	8	8	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	7	7	6	6	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	-	12	12	4	4	4	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-