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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	Wed	Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25
	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	All Day Bay Otago	Potato Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	1	3	0	3	3	0	2	2	1	3	1	0	2	0	0	2	2	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.1 E	0.8 E	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 NE	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.8 S	1.1 NE	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	12	11	12	11	8	8	15	16	6	8	8	8	5	12	20	19	17	16	16	15
Energy(?)	150	35	118	125	409	178	592	952	316	262	34	411	569	132	112	25	46	145	221	165	349	209
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:57AM 1.80	6:16PM 1.75		5:51AM 1.77	5:30PM 1.87		7:29AM 1.75		7:54PM 1.75	7:17AM 1.68		7:48PM 1.67	9:20AM 1.67		9:52PM 1.74	9:23AM 2.00		9:34PM 1.69	10:04AM 1.60		10:47PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)	11:47PM 0.20	12:12PM 0.23		12:30AM 0.19	12:08PM 0.21		12:21AM 0.17		1:37PM 0.23	2:01AM 0.23		1:40PM 0.26	2:15AM 0.28		3:14PM 0.27	3:48AM 0.31		3:49PM 0.61		4:02AM 0.38	4:28PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	4	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	18	17	15	14	18	9	14	15	13	16	14	13	17	21	16	16	14	13	15	14	14
Low °C	15	17	15	12	13	14	9	12	14	9	13	14	10	13	18	13	14	13	12	13	14	13
Chill °C (?)	15	18	16	15	12	18	6	13	13	12	14	12	11	16	21	15	15	13	12	14	12	14
Sunrise	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.7 SE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ESE	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 S	0.5 S	1.1 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	7	8	11	12	11	11	8	7	7	6	14	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 NE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	14	4	13	10	15	9	10	7	13	12	12	8	10	14	17	4	9	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	-	0.6 SSE	0.4 NE	0.7 SW	0.6 S	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	0.7 NE	0.4 NW	0.5 W	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	-	1.1 NE	1.6 NE	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	-	-	0.8 NE	-
Period (s)	3	-	7	3	4	5	8	8	10	3	3	8	8	-	5	6	3	4	-	-	3	-

	Wed	Thursday 19								Friday 20								Saturday 21
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Potato Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	3	0	0	0	2	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.6 S	2.0 S	1.6 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	7	12	12	7	8	11	14	12	12	12	11	11	6	7	8	8	8	16
Energy(?)	511	551	269	216	87	83	82	380	291	110	218	387	500	529	628	619	322	523	563	1082	952	522
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				5:57AM 1.80				6:16PM 1.75				5:45AM 1.77								6:11AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)		11:47PM 0.20				11:17AM 0.26				12:30AM 0.19				12:53PM 0.23				12:46AM 0.51				12:28PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	2	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	13	17	16	18	14	14	13	13	12	15	14	13	12	13	12	9	9	12	15
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	13	17	15	18	13	13	13	13	10	14	12	10	9	13	11	6	7	11	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 ESE	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 ESE	1.4 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	7	8	8	7	7	7	6	7	8	8	11	12	12	12	11	11	5	6	11	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	8	16	7	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	14	8	8	14	14	14	10	10	13	10	10	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.7 S	1.4 SW	0.8 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 S	2.0 S	1.6 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	7	8	-	3	15	4	8	8	8	6	7	8	8	8	-

	Wednesday 18				Thursday 19
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Potato Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	3	0	0	0	2	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	0.5 E	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	8	8	9	15	15	15	8	8	7	15	15	15	8	8	14	14	12	14
Energy(?)	676	558	426	426	165	184	41	419	404	266	55	55	63	181	140	130	75	75	163	128	140	127
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)											5:04AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)																	11:41AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	20	21	19	19	18	17
Chill °C (?)	13	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	15	15	14	15	20	21	19	19	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 SE	0.6 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	15	15	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 S	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 ESE	0.5 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	9	16	16	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	14	6	8	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSE	0.8 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	7	6