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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	Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Fri
	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	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Murdering Bay Otago
Rating	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.6 NE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 NE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period(s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	6	8	8	8	9	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	8	10
Energy	1558	1905	1261	746	266	299	219	200	274	222	305	340	215	598	1108	550	418	326	223	220	220	248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:37PM 1.73	2:56AM 1.64		3:20PM 1.71		3:38AM 1.61	3:17PM 1.69		3:30AM 1.59	3:26PM 1.71		4:18AM 1.57	4:21PM 1.71		4:58AM 1.52	5:03PM 1.68		5:19AM 1.54	5:23PM 1.65	6:04PM 1.61	5:42AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)			9:00PM 0.32	9:14AM 0.30		9:41PM 0.33	9:54AM 0.31		9:24PM 0.39	9:35AM 0.35		10:01PM 0.28	10:26AM 0.37		10:41PM 0.30	11:08AM 0.38		11:22PM 0.46	11:33AM 0.41		12:27AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	3
High °C	10	10	9	10	11	12	14	15	16	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	13	11	11	11	10	8
Low °C	8	9	9	9	10	10	13	15	13	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	9	10	10	9	8
Chill °C (?)	10	8	6	7	8	10	12	14	16	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	13	11	11	10	9	5
Sunrise	8:07	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:10
Sunset	-	5:02	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 NE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	9	8	8	8	9	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.7 SSE	0.9 NE	0.5 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 ENE	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	9	5	9	12	8	12	12	12	12	10	8	8	10	9	5	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.5 NE	-	1.2 NE	1.6 NE	-	0.3 S	-	-	-	1.1 SW	-	-	-	0.8 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	5	-	6	6	-	3	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	4	5	6	-	-

	Friday 29							Saturday 30								Sunday 31
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.1 S	1.9 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 S	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	2.0 NE
Period(s)	16	15	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	9	12	12	12	12	6	6	7
Energy	1175	1030	1558	1129	1905	1670	1559	1261	1092	632	746	630	266	228	227	299	281	266	219	271	200	567
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	1:34AM 1.62				2:37PM 1.73				2:56AM 1.64									3:38AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)			7:14AM 0.31				9:00PM 0.32					9:14AM 0.30			8:23PM 0.38	9:41PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	10	11	10	9	10	10	12	13	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	9	9	7	10	8	7	6	6	6	8	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	10	11	13	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.1 S	1.9 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 S	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.5 S	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	16	15	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	12	12	12	12	6	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	4	10	10	9	11	5	5	5	6	9	8	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.6 NE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NE	0.5 NE	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	-	1.0 NE	-	1.2 NE	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	2.0 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	-	6	-	6	6	6	7

	Friday 29
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.8 S	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period(s)	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	1480	1392	1175	1130	1072	1030	1708	1636	1558	1372	1310	1129	1111	1076	1905	1731	1703	1670	917	1535	1559	1405
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	glass	off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:34AM 1.62													2:37PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)								7:14AM 0.31													9:00PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9
Chill °C (?)	10	10	9	8	9	9	6	6	7	7	8	10	10	11	8	7	7	7	7	8	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.8 S	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-