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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	Sat		Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Sat
	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	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	3	2	2	5	1	4	2	1	3	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ESE	0.9 SSE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	3.5 SSW	0.7 ESE	3.0 SSW	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	2.0 S	1.5 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.5 E	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	12	12	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	11	11	12	12	13	8	8	8	12
Energy(?)	195	461	510	387	3883	128	2729	300	208	897	442	363	198	138	230	157	107	108	82	57	68	196
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	on	off	off	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		9:14PM 1.66	8:44AM 2.03		9:27PM 2.06	9:36AM 2.02		10:30PM 2.11	10:32AM 2.05		11:33PM 2.19	11:34AM 2.12		12:03AM 1.77	12:29PM 1.69		1:21AM 1.84		1:44PM 1.75	2:03AM 1.95		2:23PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)		3:10AM 0.29		3:07PM 0.62	3:33AM 0.74		4:02PM 0.62		4:30AM 0.82	4:58PM 0.63		5:37AM 0.86	5:56PM 0.64		6:19AM 0.30	6:55PM 0.18		7:34AM 0.23		7:38PM 0.11	8:14AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	4	1	2	2	1	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	12	15	16	13	14	14	15	13	13	11	14	16	16	17	17	14	13	15	13	13	15
Low °C	14	11	12	14	12	13	13	12	12	13	10	12	16	15	15	13	11	13	14	9	12	14
Chill °C (?)	13	10	15	16	11	12	12	14	13	11	10	12	16	15	17	17	14	12	14	12	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:28	-
Sunset	9:12	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.9 SSE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	3.0 S	2.3 S	2.4 S	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 E	1.5 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	10	11	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	11	9	8	8	7	11	12	12	11	8	8	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.8 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E
Period (s)	7	10	10	9	9	11	12	12	11	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 S	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	-	2.0 S	-	0.4 NNE	-	0.3 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	10	10	10	9	-	9	-	3	-	4	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	-

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	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	Smithfield Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Warrington Otago	Warrington Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	2	0	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	4	4	2	2	5	5	1	1	1	1	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 S	2.5 SSW	1.8 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	2.5 S	2.5 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 SE	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.3 S
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	12	12	12	11	10	9	9
Energy(?)	441	1311	576	461	351	461	510	467	387	2049	1896	256	272	3106	3126	132	134	130	93	2400	2069	1877
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	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	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:31PM 2.04				8:44AM 2.03				9:27PM 2.06				9:11AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)	2:17PM 0.63				2:43AM 0.67				3:07PM 0.62				3:33AM 0.74				3:56PM 0.32					4:12AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	6	1	2	1	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	15	16	14	14	15	15	12	12	14	14	14	13	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	12	8	10	11	11	12	11	15	16	13	14	15	15	10	10	12	12	12	11	9	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	9:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SE	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	2.3 S	2.1 S	2.0 S
Period (s)	10	10	8	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	12	12	11	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	0.2 SSW	-	0.3 S	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	7	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	18	-	16	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 S	2.5 SSW	1.8 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 S	2.5 S	-	-	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.3 S
Period (s)	7	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	11	-	-	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	9	9

	Saturday 24										Sunday 25
	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	Smithfield Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Warrington Otago	Warrington Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	2	0	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	4	4	2	2	5	5	1	1	1	1	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 S	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.8 S	1.8 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	4.5 S	5.5 SSW	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S
Period(s) (?)	7	12	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	11	11	12	12	10	10	10	10	12	12	12
Energy(?)	513	1853	441	194	194	193	193	189	189	576	683	461	532	6265	15143	178	167	194	163	4266	3961	3699
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)								8:31PM 2.04												8:14AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)		2:47PM 0.30												2:10AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	12	13	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	11	11	12	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	13	9	12	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	10	11	12	6	6	6	8	7	9	8	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	1.5 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	4.5 S	4.5 S	0.9 E	3.5 S	1.0 E	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S
Period (s)	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	11	11	11	12	12	10	12	10	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.2 E	0.9 ESE	-	0.9 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	8	9	7	7	7	7	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	-	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	-	-	-	5.5 SSW	3.5 S	0.7 W	3.5 S	0.7 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	12	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	12	12	5	12	5	-	-	-