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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	Thu		Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	0	0	0	5	4	4	2	0	1	4	4	3	5	0	0	8	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	4.0 ENE	3.0 E	3.0 ENE	1.9 E	1.2 E	0.8 ESE	1.3 ENE	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	2.2 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	18	15	11	12	11	10	9	8	6	16	17	16	12	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	14
Energy(?)	46	47	78	3747	2558	1938	813	276	214	380	1168	763	879	3494	14374	10807	6453	1640	1152	1152	1222	1418
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		11:44PM 1.80	12:11PM 1.70		12:43AM 1.82		1:08PM 1.74	1:38AM 1.84		1:29PM 2.25	1:51AM 1.82		1:32PM 1.90	2:40AM 1.84		2:39PM 1.83	2:44AM 1.96		3:36PM 1.79			5:13PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)	5:02PM 0.30		5:47AM 0.35	6:11PM 0.29		6:55AM 0.33		7:18PM 0.26	7:56AM 0.29		7:30PM 0.13	8:02AM 0.10		8:21PM 0.12	8:26AM 0.16		9:10PM 0.08	9:09AM 0.15		10:46PM 0.20	9:50AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	5	-	-	3	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	15	15	16	14	14	13	13	18	16	15	17	11	11	11	9	13	15	14	18	19
Low °C	14	14	15	15	15	14	13	12	13	16	13	14	12	10	10	10	8	10	12	14	16	18
Chill °C (?)	11	13	13	13	16	12	13	12	11	18	16	13	16	7	8	8	6	12	14	13	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:56	-
Sunset	7:39	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	3.0 E	3.0 ENE	1.9 E	1.2 E	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSE
Period (s)	13	18	15	14	12	11	10	9	8	9	16	17	16	12	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 S	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 E	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	11	10	-	-	14	13	16	5	12	12	8	11	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	13	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	-	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	-	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	0.6 SSW	-	3.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	0.5 W	-	-	-	0.5 NE
Period (s)	7	8	10	11	-	3	5	-	9	6	-	3	-	12	14	14	13	3	-	-	-	4

	Thursday 26			Friday 27								Saturday 28								Sunday 29
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.9 E	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.2 E	2.3 E	2.1 E	2.2 ENE	1.7 E	1.7 ENE	1.4 E	1.4 E	0.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	18	16	16	15	15	15	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9
Energy(?)	46	31	26	47	55	50	78	73	71	906	3201	3957	3058	1121	1304	1029	1042	619	575	441	414	206
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:44PM 1.80				12:11PM 1.70				11:21PM 1.83				12:11PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		5:02PM 0.30				5:47AM 0.35				5:44PM 0.66				6:20AM 0.25				6:20PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	16	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	14	16	16	14	14	16	13	13	11	13	12	10	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.9 E	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.2 E	2.3 E	2.1 E	2.2 ENE	1.7 E	1.7 ENE	1.4 E	1.4 E	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	13	9	14	18	16	16	15	15	15	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	11	13	19	10	10	-	-	-	-	15	14	14	13	14	13	16	13	4	5	13	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	-	0.3 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	5	4	-	-	3	9

	Thursday 26										Friday 27
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.8 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	4.0 NE	0.3 SSW	3.5 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	8	8	8	9	9	16	16	9	16	10	16	15	15
Energy(?)	50	63	46	46	31	31	31	33	26	465	1594	2087	2328	1394	87	54	2826	50	2179	80	78	76
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)											11:01PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)					5:02PM 0.30											5:00AM 0.33	5:17AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	11	11	11	13	12	12	11	13	13	13	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	11	13	13	13	9	9	9	14	14	9	9	18	17	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	13	13	13	19	19	-	18	18	18	18	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.8 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 NE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10