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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	Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Sat
	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	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	1	3	3	2	0	1	2	1	1	0	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	1	0	2	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 ESE	1.1 E	0.5 S	1.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.5 ENE	1.2 E	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	15	15	14	13	12	6	5	14	7	13	9	9	9	9	9	14	13	10	6	14
Energy(?)	82	137	328	500	162	119	169	33	95	114	512	64	562	602	363	352	435	160	139	394	381	34
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:24PM 1.75		7:04AM 1.62		7:28PM 1.66	7:51AM 1.56		8:16PM 1.61	8:40AM 1.51		9:07PM 1.57	8:37AM 1.41		9:59PM 1.55	10:25AM 1.47		10:51PM 1.56	11:16AM 1.48		11:25PM 2.07	11:49AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)	11:11AM 0.27		11:37PM 0.33		1:06PM 0.34	1:32AM 0.37		1:46PM 0.39	2:14AM 0.43		2:29PM 0.44	2:58AM 0.47		2:53PM 0.52	3:46AM 0.50		3:47PM 0.53		4:38AM 0.52	4:39PM 0.51		5:45AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	4	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	10	11	11	11	12	13	13	15	16	14	17	19	16	15	15	11	12	13	11	15
Low °C	11	10	9	11	11	11	12	13	12	14	14	13	15	16	13	13	13	11	11	12	9	11
Chill °C (?)	9	9	10	8	9	9	10	12	13	13	15	13	17	19	16	14	14	11	10	10	9	13
Sunrise	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07
Sunset	-	7:22	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	1.9 ENE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.5 ENE	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	15	15	14	13	12	6	5	14	14	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	13	13	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.6 NE	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	7	8	15	7	9	11	12	10	11	9	13	13	14	14	15	16	14	13	9	16	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	-	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.9 E	-	1.1 E	1.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.3 ENE	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	-	0.5 NE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	4	-	-	7	4	5	5	-	5	6	7	8	-	-	-	4	6	-	3	10	6	7

	Saturday 04					Sunday 05								Monday 06								Tue
	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	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	2	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 E	1.0 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 E
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	6	12	12	6	5	5
Energy(?)	82	94	63	62	275	783	924	465	500	457	445	372	116	119	235	174	72	278	200	70	67	95
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:42PM 1.71					7:04AM 1.62												7:33PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)		11:11AM 0.27				12:51AM 0.32					1:06PM 0.34			12:52AM 0.41	1:32AM 0.37				1:46PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	11	10	10	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	12	12	12	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	9	10	11	10	10	9	10	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	7	8	12	10	10	11	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 E	1.0 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	6	12	12	6	6	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 S	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	10	14	4	7	8	8	8	16	15	15	15	9	9	9	11	9	9	11	11	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.6 E	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.4 NE	0.8 ESE	1.1 E
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	-	6	6	3	5	5

	Saturday 04																Sunday 05
	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	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	2	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSE	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	8	8	15	15	16	15	15	16	16	16
Energy(?)	100	95	82	72	147	137	137	43	43	44	61	62	42	46	139	200	74	783	395	143	35	35
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												6:42PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)						12:27PM 0.29												12:51AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	9	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	9
Sunrise	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	15	15	8	15	15	16	4	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	4	4	4	7	7	9	14	7	8	4	8	8	7	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-