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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	Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Fri
	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	0	3	4	0	3	0	0	3	2	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 E	0.8 E	2.4 SW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.5 NE	0.4 SE	1.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 NE
Period(s) (?)	12	11	8	8	15	16	14	8	13	8	12	6	10	7	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	6
Energy(?)	423	163	998	385	627	240	177	643	599	137	112	211	55	256	180	245	509	295	169	313	289	16
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	on	cross- off	cross	off	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:09PM 1.72		7:29AM 1.75		7:54PM 1.75	8:22AM 1.71		7:52PM 1.69	8:19AM 1.63		9:52PM 1.74	10:21AM 1.65		10:54PM 1.75	9:52AM 1.67		11:56PM 1.78	12:23PM 1.68		12:56AM 1.82	12:22PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)	12:04PM 0.21		12:46AM 0.51		1:37PM 0.23	2:01AM 0.23		2:00PM 0.50	2:19AM 0.28		3:14PM 0.27	3:48AM 0.31		4:11PM 0.29		4:16AM 0.35	5:14PM 0.30		5:58AM 0.35	6:21PM 0.29		6:11AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	20	11	14	14	14	13	14	14	15	19	14	15	13	11	15	13	13	14	13	11	11
Low °C	14	18	11	12	13	11	13	14	10	12	17	11	13	13	10	12	13	12	13	11	10	11
Chill °C (?)	13	20	7	13	11	12	10	12	12	14	19	13	14	11	10	13	11	12	13	11	9	9
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	8:37	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.8 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 NE	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	1.1 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	8	8	6	14	14	13	8	8	6	6	11	6	16	15	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 SSE	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	8	4	11	10	15	8	6	9	9	12	12	8	10	6	10	9	9	5	5	9	8	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.3 WSW	2.4 SW	-	1.1 NE	-	1.3 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	-	0.8 NE	1.5 NE	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	-	0.1 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	4	3	8	-	4	-	4	8	7	-	4	6	6	7	-	6	4	-	-	-	4	5

	Friday 20							Saturday 21								Sunday 22
	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	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Crossroads Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	4	2	0	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.6 SW	2.0 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	11	12	12	11	8	7	7	8	8	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	9	8	14
Energy(?)	216	458	225	544	645	662	592	521	621	722	1291	379	321	283	504	619	368	167	177	653	497	529
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		5:51AM 1.77					7:03PM 1.75			6:35AM 1.73	7:29AM 1.75				7:54PM 1.75				8:22AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)				12:53PM 0.23				12:46AM 0.51					1:37PM 0.23				2:01AM 0.23				2:23PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	1	-
Temp. °C	14	14	17	15	14	12	10	11	10	10	12	14	16	15	14	13	12	12	13	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	13	13	17	13	11	9	6	11	8	10	11	13	14	13	12	12	11	9	10	10	12	12
Sunrise	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.7 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	1.3 NE	1.0 NE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	11	12	12	11	11	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	15	7	7	9	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.3 ENE	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	14	8	15	14	14	13	13	10	10	10	13	16	15	15	9	15	14	7	6	6	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SW	-	0.9 NE	1.7 NE	1.8 NE	0.4 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.3 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	-	15	6	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	-	10	6	7	3	4	3	4	9	8	7

	Friday 20
	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	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Crossroads Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	4	2	0	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.8 SW	1.5 E	2.3 SW	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.6 SW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	14	11	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	11	8	11	11	11	8	8
Energy(?)	130	186	134	56	243	243	287	198	368	363	882	544	555	633	456	669	865	662	614	608	592	746
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)						6:42AM 1.78													7:03PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)												12:53PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	13	13	11	12	12	16	16	17	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	12	11	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	13	13	12	12	8	9	9	16	15	16	13	13	13	13	11	10	10	9	7	7	6	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.0 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.1 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	14	13	8	11	11	11	15	7	7	14	14	14	14	14	14	11	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	-	-	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	3	2	-	-	3	3	3	6	4	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8