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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	Sun	Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18
	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	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago
Rating	3	0	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	0	2	0	2	2	1	2	2	3	0	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	5	9	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	13	12	11	10
Energy(?)	77	424	1413	546	243	224	241	211	157	248	339	302	294	216	250	270	238	229	389	411	272	135
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:53PM 1.63	12:14PM 1.59		12:20AM 1.97	12:44PM 1.96		1:27AM 1.64		1:47PM 1.58	2:13AM 1.66		2:31PM 1.59	2:57AM 1.68		3:15PM 1.60	3:39AM 1.71		3:57PM 1.62			3:19PM 1.70	3:40AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		5:50AM 0.45	5:55PM 0.74		6:32AM 0.78	6:28PM 0.44	7:08PM 0.43	7:42AM 0.46		7:59PM 0.41	8:33AM 0.43		8:47PM 0.38	9:19AM 0.40		9:31PM 0.35	9:13AM 0.40		10:13PM 0.31	9:39AM 0.28		9:52PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	14	16	14	15	14	14	13	16	13	11	11	13	13	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	13
Low °C	11	11	15	10	14	14	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	13	14	13	14	14	13	14	14	12
Chill °C (?)	18	12	15	14	14	12	13	13	16	13	9	10	11	11	14	12	13	13	13	13	14	11
Sunrise	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:27	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:27	-	-	9:27	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:24	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.2 ENE	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 E	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 S
Period (s)	6	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	13	14	13	13	13	6	12	11	11	13	12	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.8 SW	0.8 SSE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 SE	0.7 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	15	15	10	-	4	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	6	6	12	7	7	7	6	6	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SW	-	0.4 NE	0.8 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	-	1.3 S	1.3 SSE	-	0.6 E	0.9 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	5	9	10	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	6	6	-	7	6	5

	Sun	Monday 12								Tuesday 13								Wednesday 14
	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 S	1.4 S	2.3 SSW	1.2 S	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.1 SW	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	11	7	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1142	780	445	288	670	241	1413	2127	1270	546	571	301	243	203	170	381	77	237	226	228	211	212
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		11:53PM 1.63				11:35AM 1.49				12:41AM 1.63					1:01PM 1.57				1:27AM 1.64			12:31PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)				5:31AM 0.83				6:14PM 0.43				6:48AM 0.47								6:41AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	11	11	14	17	15	16	14	12	12	10	15	15	15	14	15	13	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	9	7	10	11	13	16	13	15	14	11	10	9	15	14	14	13	15	12	12	12	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.2 SSE	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	7	10	7	7	7	14	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 SW	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 NNE	0.3 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	15	11	10	10	10	18	9	-	10	13	4	10	10	4	4	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 S	1.4 S	2.3 SSW	1.2 S	1.7 SW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SW	-	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.7 NE	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	11	7	7	8	9	10	10	9	-	3	4	4	4	4	8	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 11				Monday 12
	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	1.2 S	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	14	13	13	15	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	688	1142	19	19	32	13	726	678	628	604	1386	515	494	477	424	1045	245	1263	1263	1422	1418	1418
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)					11:31PM 1.93												11:35AM 1.49	12:14PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)											5:50AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	17	15	14	13	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	11	12	12	17	13	14	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	13	10	17	14	12	10	7	7	6	6	7	6	6	7	9	9	16	10	12	12	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.4 NE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.2 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	15	7	13	13	6	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	14	13	13	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	8	8	10	10	15	15	-	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	-	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	1.2 S	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	11	14	3	3	-	5	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10