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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	Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Sat
	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	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	3	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	0	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ENE	1.8 SW	0.9 ENE	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 S	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.0 S	0.7 SSW	0.1 SE	1.6 NE	0.9 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 NE	0.6 S	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	9	14	17	16	14	13	12	11	13	11	7	7	7	12	7	6	13	12	14	13
Energy(?)	172	945	259	3003	2179	1796	1708	1363	946	338	290	5	433	96	276	388	156	81	428	169	200	180
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	on	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:58PM 1.47		1:01AM 1.62		1:32PM 1.53	1:41AM 1.69		2:54PM 1.69	2:19AM 1.76		2:08PM 1.81	2:32AM 1.86		4:19PM 1.80		4:44AM 1.84	5:03PM 1.83		5:28AM 1.84	5:50PM 1.85		6:15AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)		6:34PM 0.43		8:05AM 0.43		7:17PM 0.34	7:45AM 0.35		7:58PM 0.24	8:24AM 0.27		8:54PM 0.21	9:17AM 0.22		10:37PM 0.18	11:00AM 0.20		11:21PM 0.15	11:43AM 0.17		12:07AM 0.14	12:28PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	15	14	16	13	15	14	14	14	17	13	21	18	12	11	12	11	11	12	12	15
Low °C	12	17	13	14	15	12	14	14	13	13	15	12	16	15	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	12
Chill °C (?)	17	19	14	13	16	12	15	14	13	12	16	11	21	17	9	11	11	10	10	10	10	14
Sunrise	7:30	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39
Sunset	-	8:02	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	0.8 SE	2.2 SW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 S	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 S	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	14	17	16	14	13	12	11	10	9	7	7	7	12	12	6	13	12	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 S	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.2 S	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	9	10	9	9	9	9	5	8	8	14	13	13	9	11	8	7	7	7	7	10	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NE	1.3 NE	1.6 NE	0.7 SW	-	0.3 NNE	0.9 NE	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	10	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	7	4	-	2	7	-	-	7	3	-

	Saturday 14							Sunday 15								Monday 16
	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	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach 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
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	3	5	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	1.4 SW	3.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	10	11	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	13	13	13
Energy(?)	574	544	522	710	413	687	3275	665	1242	1739	3003	3153	3601	3982	3613	1796	1533	1281	1102	1533	1363	1321
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)									1:01AM 1.62			12:49PM 1.63					2:35AM 1.74				2:54PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)		6:21AM 0.51				6:34PM 0.43					7:07AM 0.32				8:21PM 0.36				8:52AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	9	13	16	19	16	13	12	15	14	14	14	14	15	14	13	12	13	13	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	12	7	11	16	19	15	11	10	14	13	13	14	13	14	12	12	11	12	12	15	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 ESE	0.8 SE	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	10	10	13	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 SE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.5 NE	1.4 SW	3.0 SW	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	6	3	3	4	10	11	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 14
	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	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach 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
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	3	5	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 ENE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	0.8 SE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	10	10	12	10	10	11	11	11
Energy(?)	619	619	626	702	207	544	544	453	522	547	565	560	512	606	1362	1059	460	453	453	1013	1182	1182
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												12:08PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)						6:21AM 0.51													7:30PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	10	10	11	9	9	8	10	13	15	15	16	17	17	17	19	18	17	16	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	12	8	8	8	7	7	6	8	11	14	14	16	17	17	17	18	17	16	15	14	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 ENE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE
Period (s)	14	14	14	9	13	13	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.3 SE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE
Period (s)	9	9	9	14	9	9	9	9	13	13	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	-	12	12	4	4	6	6	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11