Otago Surf

Otago Surf Forecast

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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	Mon	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08
	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	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	1	2	2	3	1	2	2	2	1	1	3	4	2	9	4	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 NE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.5 S	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 NE	0.8 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 NE	1.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	2.3 SW	2.1 SSW	0.9 S	3.5 SW	1.8 SSW	0.7 S	1.8 SSW
Period(s)	9	10	10	10	11	10	10	6	7	7	8	9	9	8	8	8	10	9	17	17	16	15
Energy	974	638	663	610	521	58	204	237	508	96	255	221	271	88	53	745	1126	200	10258	1900	426	1524
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:12AM 1.57	4:38PM 1.68		4:58AM 1.52			5:44AM 1.50	5:46PM 1.63	6:11PM 1.60	6:24AM 1.45		6:01PM 1.63	7:04AM 1.43		7:12PM 1.56	7:57AM 1.42		7:58PM 1.55	8:18AM 1.47		8:47PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)	10:12PM 0.41	10:19AM 0.37		10:54PM 0.43	11:08AM 0.38		11:44PM 0.44	11:58AM 0.41		12:34AM 0.46		12:41PM 0.42	12:45AM 0.38		1:23PM 0.43	1:39AM 0.48		2:16PM 0.42	2:25AM 0.46		3:00PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	15	13	13	11	12	12	10	12	14	14	15	16	13	10	10	9	10	13	11	13	15	11
Low °C	13	13	11	11	11	10	9	9	13	12	12	14	11	10	9	5	7	12	10	12	14	8
Chill °C (?)	14	12	12	11	10	10	7	11	13	13	14	16	13	8	8	7	10	12	9	11	14	9
Sunrise	-	8:07	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:15	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 NE	1.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.2 S	0.9 S	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.7 S	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	11	11	10	6	7	7	8	9	9	8	8	8	10	9	18	17	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 SE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E
Period (s)	12	11	11	9	12	10	9	10	10	10	12	12	10	9	10	15	10	10	10	9	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 NE	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.3 NE	1.0 NE	1.3 ENE	1.6 NE	0.2 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NW	-	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SSW	0.3 WSW	3.5 SW	0.6 W	1.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	9	3	4	-	-	2	5	6	7	2	3	3	-	3	4	8	10	2	17	3	8	-

	Mon	Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03								Thursday 04
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 NE	2.0 NE	1.2 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 NE
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	7
Energy	899	974	246	505	638	543	663	586	676	610	622	627	521	444	58	51	250	204	225	255	237	514
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
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)				3:43AM 1.60				4:38PM 1.68				4:54AM 1.54								5:19AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)		10:12PM 0.41				10:19AM 0.37				10:54PM 0.43				10:47AM 0.39				11:44PM 0.44				11:33AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	15	12	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	13
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	10	12	11	12	10	11	11	11	11	10	12	10	8	7	7	7	7	7	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	5	9	9	9	12	10	10	10	10	9	11	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 NE	2.0 NE	-	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 NE
Period (s)	9	9	-	2	3	4	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	4	5	5	6	6	7

	Monday 01					Tuesday 02
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Karitane Point Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 NE	1.7 NE	1.9 NE	1.7 NE	1.9 NE	2.0 NE	2.0 NE	2.0 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10
Energy	671	728	899	763	899	974	1025	1025	246	251	260	505	510	540	638	625	554	543	566	665	663	663
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)											4:18AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)				9:51PM 0.42	10:12PM 0.41												10:19AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	12	12	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	14	15	14	15	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	10	10	12	12	12	13	11	11	12	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 NE	1.7 NE	1.9 NE	1.7 NE	1.9 NE	2.0 NE	2.0 NE	2.0 NE	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5