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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	Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Mon
	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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Warrington Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Potato Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	4	3	3	0	1	2	1	2	2	0	2	2	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 SW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.5 SSW	1.1 E	0.9 E
Period(s) (?)	14	13	12	11	10	13	6	6	9	10	11	8	13	13	13	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1845	1320	917	285	196	424	80	232	330	175	274	50	211	156	553	76	222	687	231	86	434	323
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:54PM 1.69	3:18AM 1.79		2:08PM 1.81		4:01AM 1.82	4:19PM 1.80		4:44AM 1.84	5:03PM 1.83		5:28AM 1.84	5:50PM 1.85		5:02AM 1.86	5:48PM 1.84		5:33AM 1.87	6:33PM 1.83		7:00AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)			9:07PM 0.29	9:36AM 0.30		9:53PM 0.23	10:18AM 0.24		10:37PM 0.18	11:00AM 0.20		11:21PM 0.15	11:43AM 0.17		12:07AM 0.14	11:15AM 0.12		12:54AM 0.16	12:31PM 0.19		12:58AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	13	15	18	18	17	13	10	13	12	11	13	15	12	13	16	13	18	17	13	16
Low °C	14	13	13	14	16	13	15	11	10	11	11	11	12	14	12	12	14	12	14	14	12	13
Chill °C (?)	15	14	13	14	17	17	16	10	8	13	12	11	12	14	10	13	16	12	18	17	12	16
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:41
Sunset	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 SW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	14	13	12	11	10	13	6	7	9	10	11	8	13	13	13	13	11	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.1 E	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 S	0.2 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 SSE	1.0 SSW	0.4 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	14	13	9	9	13	7	8	10	7	7	10	11	11	13	13	10	10	14	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	1.0 NE	1.6 NE	-	1.9 SSW	-	0.3 NE	1.2 NE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	2	4	6	-	6	-	3	5	-	-	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 16							Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Warrington Otago	Warrington Otago	Pipeline (Dunedin) Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	1.3 NE	0.5 S	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	15	16	15	15	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	6	9	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	2578	1285	1105	1112	1367	1166	1111	917	812	690	526	248	196	187	155	120	202	73	302	64	67	55
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	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	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	2:35AM 1.74				1:29PM 1.72				3:18AM 1.79				3:36PM 1.75				3:18AM 1.78	4:01AM 1.82			3:27PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)			8:52AM 0.37				9:07PM 0.29				9:36AM 0.30				9:53PM 0.23				9:17AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	15	15	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	16	14	13	14	15	19	15	17	17	13
Chill °C (?)	12	12	15	15	12	14	13	12	12	12	11	12	14	12	11	13	14	18	14	16	16	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	15	16	15	15	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	6	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.7 SSW	0.5 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	8	14	13	13	13	13	9	9	13	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.6 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	1.6 NE	0.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	1.0 S	2.1 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	8	4	4	5	6	6	6	2	2	12	7

	Monday 16
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Warrington Otago	Warrington Otago	Pipeline (Dunedin) Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 S	1.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	8	8	8
Energy(?)	2892	1732	1533	1495	2332	2193	2104	1876	1771	1735	1708	1112	903	822	756	736	269	631	1193	35	34	28
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)		2:35AM 1.74												2:54PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)								8:52AM 0.37												8:12PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	13	15	14	15	14	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	13	11	10	11	11	12	13	14	14	15	15	15	13	14	13	15	12	15	14	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 S	1.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-