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.

Otago Surf Forecast

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Preloading...

16 day forecast maps are a premium feature
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Otago Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Otago Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Otago Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Otago Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Otago Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Otago Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Otago Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Otago Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Otago Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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.

Otago Photos

Otago Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 SW	0.6 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	3.0 E	2.5 E	3.0 ENE	2.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	11	10	10	10	10	10	14	9	12	12	12	16	15	12	13	12	12	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	341	327	264	293	265	290	237	378	128	105	130	77	237	164	159	101	52	58	1863	1376	3073	923
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:45PM 1.82		7:06AM 1.77			6:27AM 1.78		7:39PM 1.79	7:29AM 1.70		8:36PM 1.75	8:35AM 1.66		10:42PM 1.78	11:10AM 1.67		11:44PM 1.80	12:11PM 1.70		12:43AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)	11:40AM 0.19		12:54AM 0.16		1:14PM 0.17	1:06AM 0.20		1:25PM 0.20	2:07AM 0.26		2:24PM 0.21	3:05AM 0.31		3:28PM 0.22		4:39AM 0.33	5:02PM 0.30		5:47AM 0.35	6:11PM 0.29		6:55AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	13	15	14	15	14	12	14	14	14	16	17	13	14	14	13	14	14	15	18	21	19	22
Low °C	12	14	12	14	13	12	13	14	13	14	14	12	13	13	12	14	14	14	16	20	18	18
Chill °C (?)	13	14	14	15	13	12	13	12	13	16	17	13	14	13	12	12	11	12	17	21	19	22
Sunrise	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48
Sunset	-	7:47	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 SW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 SW	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	2.3 E	2.2 ENE
Period (s)	12	11	10	10	13	10	10	14	9	9	9	8	7	7	12	13	12	12	16	16	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.9 SW	0.9 E	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	15	13	10	14	13	10	13	12	12	9	16	15	7	6	7	-	-	-	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 E	2.5 E	3.0 ENE	0.6 SW
Period (s)	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	4	3	7	5	7	9	11	10	10	4

	Saturday 21					Sunday 22								Monday 23								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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 E	1.3 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	12	12	10	10	14	10	10	10	10	14	13	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	936	469	264	264	272	264	598	610	205	296	265	239	566	525	258	273	237	204	208	189	250	247
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:39PM 1.85				5:33AM 1.87				6:34PM 1.82					8:02AM 1.73				8:33PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)		11:36AM 0.13				12:08AM 0.14				12:31PM 0.19					1:44AM 0.19				2:04PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	15	13	13	13	12	14	14	16	15	14	14	12	12	12	12	13	14	16	16	14	14
Chill °C (?)	12	14	12	12	12	11	14	14	16	15	13	13	11	12	11	12	13	13	15	15	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.0 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 SW	1.1 E	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	14	13	10	10	10	10	9	10	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.6 S	0.9 E	0.4 SSW	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	15	13	14	14	13	10	14	10	10	13	16	13	14	14	14	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	-

	Saturday 21																Sunday 22
	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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 E	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	11	11	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	868	423	341	330	325	286	814	800	327	303	750	431	742	746	180	462	459	169	118	126	233	239
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											5:09PM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)																		12:54AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	13	13	16	12	12	15	13	13	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	13	13	16	11	11	14	12	12	14	12	12	12	14	12	12	12	13	12	14
Sunrise	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.0 E	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.5 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.3 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	13	13	12	13	12	12	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-