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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	Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wed
	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 - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	1	3	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	0	3	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 E	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	1.5 SSW	1.0 S	0.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	9	10	13	14	13	5	12	12	7	7	12	12	11	11	8	7	8	11	14	13	12	10
Energy(?)	43	103	237	339	337	53	474	395	85	112	315	372	250	317	163	67	116	239	260	694	303	115
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on	on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			12:54AM 1.74		1:18PM 1.66	2:57AM 1.68		3:15PM 1.60	3:39AM 1.71		3:57PM 1.62		4:21AM 1.72	4:39PM 1.63		5:03AM 1.74	3:56PM 1.73		4:17AM 1.85	5:10PM 1.63		4:55AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)		6:57PM 0.35		8:33AM 0.43		8:47PM 0.38	9:19AM 0.40		9:31PM 0.35	10:02AM 0.37		10:13PM 0.31	10:43AM 0.34		10:54PM 0.29	11:22AM 0.32		10:40PM 0.24	11:01AM 0.28		11:21PM 0.23	11:45AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	2	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	12	13	13	13	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	10	11	14	12	13	11	9	16
Low °C	13	13	12	12	13	12	11	12	11	12	12	8	11	11	9	10	13	10	11	10	9	14
Chill °C (?)	13	13	12	11	11	11	9	11	10	11	10	11	11	10	8	11	13	11	12	9	9	16
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15
Sunset	-	9:27	-	-	9:27	-	-	9:24	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.0 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	1.5 SSW	1.0 S	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	13	14	13	13	12	12	7	7	12	12	8	11	8	7	8	11	14	13	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.6 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 S	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	7	10	7	7	12	12	7	8	11	8	9	9	11	9	7	8	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	5	5	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 14					Thursday 15								Friday 16								Sat
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach 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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	10	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	7	12	7	7	12
Energy(?)	88	72	279	230	318	237	299	338	339	332	337	360	299	296	281	233	72	105	395	106	100	344
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	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
High Tide / height (m)		12:31PM 1.66					2:13AM 1.66				2:31PM 1.59				2:57AM 1.68				2:01PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)	7:42AM 0.46								8:33AM 0.43				8:47PM 0.38				8:16AM 0.34				8:36PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	2	2	2	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	13	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	10	11	11	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	10	9	10	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	7	12	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SW	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.0 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	9	6	6	8	10	8	8	8	8	9	7	10	10	10	10	10	13	12	7	9	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.4 E	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 14																Thursday 15
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach 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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.3 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	13	13	8	8	13	8	8	13
Energy(?)	100	86	43	89	46	91	91	103	103	103	230	230	218	204	230	234	47	40	632	53	53	626
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							1:47PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)	7:42AM 0.46												7:59PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	13	14	13	12	12	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	11	10
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.3 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2