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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	Thu		Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	0	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.4 S	1.0 S	1.1 NE	2.5 NE	1.6 ENE	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.9 E	0.9 E
Period(s) (?)	16	8	10	12	12	13	10	6	8	9	14	14	10	12	14	14	14	13	11	14	13	13
Energy(?)	1446	1021	735	1280	1074	651	404	82	1258	434	213	347	284	138	115	123	282	257	131	107	300	389
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	off	on	off	cross	cross	off	glass	cross	cross- off	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		1:29AM 1.70		1:57PM 1.78	1:20AM 1.79		2:43PM 1.77		3:04AM 1.72	2:44PM 1.79	2:40AM 1.79	3:48AM 1.70	4:10PM 1.70		4:31AM 1.67	4:53PM 1.64		5:14AM 1.63	5:35PM 1.58		4:38AM 1.68	4:58PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)		7:29PM 0.23	7:48AM 0.17		7:09PM 0.21	7:43AM 0.14		9:04PM 0.19	9:23AM 0.16		8:30PM 0.20	10:05AM 0.18		10:26PM 0.21	10:45AM 0.21		11:04PM 0.24	11:25AM 0.26		11:42PM 0.28	10:51AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	9	6	8	10	6	10	12	10	13	15	13	13	15	11	10	9	9	10	10	9	10	10
Low °C	6	4	6	7	4	7	11	8	11	13	10	10	14	9	10	9	9	10	9	7	9	9
Chill °C (?)	5	0	7	7	3	10	9	9	12	15	12	11	14	10	10	7	5	10	8	7	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-
Sunset	6:29	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	2.0 S	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.4 S	1.0 S	0.6 S	2.0 NE	1.6 ENE	1.9 NE	1.4 NE	0.4 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 SW	0.2 E	0.9 NE	0.9 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	12	15	10	12	12	13	10	10	8	9	10	10	13	10	9	9	8	13	16	5	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 SSW	-	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	0.7 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 NE	0.2 S	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	16	-	5	6	13	13	10	15	14	14	8	12	14	14	14	8	14	14	5	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SW	2.5 SSW	-	-	1.3 NNE	-	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	2.5 NE	-	-	-	1.3 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.6 ENE	1.2 NE	0.3 SW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	16	8	-	-	5	-	5	6	8	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	3	-	11	5	2	3

	Thursday 18			Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Brighton Otago
Rating	1	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SE	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	1.3 SSE	2.0 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 NE	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	12	10	12	12	12	13	13	10	13	13	16	15	6	16
Energy(?)	92	648	530	554	1767	1780	1808	1323	1280	609	1266	1074	1112	843	651	532	460	242	294	244	237	126
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	12:29PM 2.41				12:35AM 1.76				1:57PM 1.78				2:18AM 1.72				2:43PM 1.77				2:01AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)			7:29PM 0.23				7:48AM 0.17				7:09PM 0.21				8:38AM 0.16					9:04PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	6	5	5	3	5	6	7	9	7	6	5	5	4	7	11	13	12	11	10	9	8
Chill °C (?)	15	1	0	0	0	1	4	5	6	3	4	2	3	2	6	9	12	10	9	7	7	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	1.3 SSE	2.0 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	11	9	9	10	10	12	10	12	12	12	13	13	10	13	10	10	15	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.2 S	0.4 SW	1.1 S	-	0.9 SSE	0.3 SW	0.7 NE	1.1 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.8 S	0.2 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	9	15	15	15	11	16	16	12	-	13	15	5	6	6	6	13	18	13	16	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SW	-	-	0.6 NE	0.9 NE	1.3 NNE	1.4 NNE	-	-	-	0.7 NE	1.0 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	1.4 NE
Period (s)	-	8	8	8	9	9	10	-	-	3	4	5	6	-	-	-	6	5	6	6	6	7

	Thursday 18											Friday 19
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Brighton Otago
Rating	1	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SE	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 S
Period(s) (?)	13	16	16	16	8	7	8	8	8	6	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	46	1446	1446	1406	648	566	1032	998	530	277	512	554	1061	697	1767	1161	1759	715	2263	1804	735	679
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:29PM 2.41	1:07PM 1.78												1:29AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)								7:29PM 0.23												7:48AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	10	9	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	5	5	4	3	5	3	3	4	5	5	7
Chill °C (?)	15	6	5	3	3	2	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	1	-1	0	0	2	3	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	0.4 SSW	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 S
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	15	9	9	15	9	9	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.1 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 NE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.1 NE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	15	7	8	8	15	7	15	15	7	11	11	7	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	16	16	16	8	7	8	8	8	6	8	8	8	-	9	9	9	-	11	10	-	-