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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	Sat	Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28
	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury
Rating	0	0	3	2	0	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	3	0	3	3	4	4	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	1.8 SW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 NE	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SSE
Period(s) (?)	16	5	10	8	8	12	6	11	11	16	16	16	14	14	13	13	13	12	14	13	13	14
Energy(?)	208	339	935	733	155	475	87	57	133	171	271	235	645	234	146	102	84	508	654	396	367	79
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:45AM 1.83		7:52PM 1.69	9:20AM 1.67		9:52PM 1.74	10:21AM 1.65		10:54PM 1.75	11:22AM 1.66		11:56PM 1.78	12:23PM 1.68		12:56AM 1.82	12:23PM 1.69		1:53AM 1.86	1:00PM 1.82		1:29AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)	2:01AM 0.23		1:21PM 0.26	2:19AM 0.28		3:14PM 0.27	3:48AM 0.31		3:22PM 0.32		4:50AM 0.34	5:14PM 0.30		5:58AM 0.35	6:21PM 0.29		6:12AM 0.31	6:53PM 0.16	7:29PM 0.25	7:31AM 0.17		7:51PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	14	16	16	12	17	14	18	15	15	11	19	19	16	12	10	11	11	11	11	14	16	13
Low °C	12	12	15	10	12	13	12	13	13	10	13	17	13	11	10	7	9	11	9	10	14	11
Chill °C (?)	13	14	14	9	16	11	18	14	14	9	19	18	15	10	8	10	9	9	11	13	16	13
Sunrise	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 NE	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 NE	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	6	14	14	13	8	12	6	11	11	10	16	16	7	14	7	8	8	8	14	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	1.0 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	8	6	9	9	12	11	11	6	18	7	10	10	14	7	13	13	13	16	6	8	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 SW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	-	1.7 NE	-	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 NE	0.6 NE	1.3 NE	-	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	0.3 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	10	8	-	5	-	6	7	2	4	6	-	4	5	5	6	12	-	3	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 22								Monday 23								Tuesday 24
	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Murdering Bay Otago
Rating	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SE	1.3 NE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	16	15	14	6	5	10	10	8	8	8	9	8	9	8	8	8	11	6	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	259	613	325	60	339	927	935	606	1062	764	644	214	372	139	88	73	79	252	57	66	57	61
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)	7:54PM 1.75				8:22AM 1.71				7:26PM 1.74				9:20AM 1.67				8:27PM 1.71				8:45AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)							2:23PM 0.25				2:52AM 0.27				3:14PM 0.27				3:48AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	13	12	12	16	16	15	12	10	10	9	12	17	18	16	19	18	13	12	13	15
Chill °C (?)	13	13	11	10	8	14	14	13	11	8	9	8	10	16	17	14	19	18	11	10	11	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	1.3 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	6	6	14	6	14	9	14	14	8	8	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 NE	0.4 S	0.4 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	8	15	6	9	6	6	9	9	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 NNE	-	0.5 W	-	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.8 NE	1.3 NE	1.6 NE	1.3 NE	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	6	-	3	-	5	10	10	8	8	8	-	-	3	4	5	6	6	11	4	5	6	6

	Saturday 21				Sunday 22
	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Murdering Bay Otago
Rating	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 NE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	0.4 ENE	2.2 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	6	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	5	5	5	10	9	10	9	9	9
Energy(?)	302	751	362	140	259	208	206	202	178	176	465	160	433	339	339	339	943	34	927	30	35	23
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	7:54PM 1.75													8:22AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)								2:01AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	13	15	14	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	16	15	17	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	14	13	13	11	11	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	10	14	12	15	16	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	1.3 NE	0.4 SSE	1.0 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	0.7 ENE	0.8 NE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	8	15	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	14	14	14	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	15	9	8	10	8	8	9	9	9	9	14	9	14	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NE	1.8 NE	1.7 NE	1.2 NE	1.8 NNE	-	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	5	6	6	6	6	-	-	3	3	3	5	4	5	5	5	5	10	10	10	13	13	13