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 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			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	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Warrington Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	0	2	3	0	3	3	4	3	3	5	4	3	3	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.9 E	1.7 E	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	0.2 SSW	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	0.9 ESE	1.1 E	0.8 E
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	10	10	14	9	6	12	7	8	9	9	9	10	13	12	11	10	10	9
Energy(?)	1037	1346	813	679	847	383	80	208	229	15	352	915	680	1629	606	891	1566	1042	820	234	332	211
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross- off	cross	on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			8:06PM 1.48	8:32AM 1.37		9:05PM 1.47	9:31AM 1.36		9:08PM 1.51	9:39AM 1.48		11:29PM 1.63	11:50AM 1.58		10:42PM 1.62	11:08AM 1.67		12:59AM 1.74		1:20PM 1.73	1:43AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)		1:50PM 0.52	2:29AM 0.55		2:44PM 0.53		3:23AM 0.54	3:10PM 0.36		3:48AM 0.40	4:50PM 0.47		5:26AM 0.47	5:45PM 0.42		5:27AM 0.32	5:44PM 0.30	6:38PM 0.35			7:30PM 0.28	7:57AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	20	2	24	3
High °C	18	18	15	16	15	14	12	14	11	16	15	14	16	17	13	13	14	12	11	14	11	11
Low °C	14	16	13	14	14	11	11	12	9	11	14	13	15	15	11	12	12	12	11	12	8	10
Chill °C (?)	18	18	14	16	15	14	11	12	9	15	13	13	16	17	12	11	13	12	10	13	7	8
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13
Sunset	-	6:13	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.9 E	1.7 E	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	1.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	0.9 ESE	1.1 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	7	12	8	9	10	9	10	13	12	11	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.2 S	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	13	13	14	13	13	14	7	13	13	12	8	14	13	13	18	16	5	5	16	15	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	0.4 NE	1.1 NE	1.9 NE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	-	2.3 ENE	-	1.0 SSW	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	2	6	7	7	8	-	9	-	5	-	-	-	2	4	4

	Wednesday 08							Thursday 09								Friday 10
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 ENE	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	13	13	13
Energy(?)	251	1039	1037	1153	1088	1086	1040	1276	1205	1125	679	620	557	560	671	588	518	317	220	184	65	64
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:34AM 1.40				8:06PM 1.48					9:25AM 1.47			8:20PM 1.49					10:16AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	1:19AM 0.90				1:50PM 0.52				2:02AM 0.40					3:03PM 0.49			2:55AM 0.41	3:38AM 0.52				3:55PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	14	18	21	20	17	15	15	14	14	17	16	15	14	12	11	10	12	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	13	12	13	18	21	20	16	15	15	14	14	17	16	15	14	10	8	8	12	9	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	13	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	7	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	-	0.4 NE	0.9 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	8	7	4	-	2	4

	Wednesday 08
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 E	2.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	2.0 E	2.0 E
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	10	10
Energy(?)	246	1003	1020	1020	1039	1039	1039	1241	1241	1263	842	858	876	889	1346	1377	1380	856	1108	122	886	886
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								7:08AM 1.42													8:59PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		1:34AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	17	16	18	16	17	18	17	18	18	15	15
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	16	17	16	18	15	17	18	17	18	18	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 E	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.0 E	2.0 E
Period (s)	8	13	13	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	9	9	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-