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 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	15	14	7	13	12	12	11	10	12	11	11	13	12	13	12	6	11	14	11	13
Energy(?)	162	178	349	165	23	63	56	199	70	78	89	97	71	61	39	97	94	181	300	341	135	145
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:19AM 2.03	4:20PM 1.93		4:53AM 2.07	6:23PM 1.81		6:55AM 1.90			6:58AM 1.89		8:18PM 1.74	8:47AM 1.78		9:14PM 1.70	9:41AM 1.71		10:09PM 1.66	10:34AM 1.66		11:02PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)	10:48PM 0.04	10:36AM 0.09		10:34PM -0.03	11:09AM 0.10		12:33AM 0.06		1:06PM 0.14	12:50AM 0.03		1:55PM 0.19	2:15AM 0.19		2:45PM 0.25	3:06AM 0.27		3:35PM 0.31	3:59AM 0.35		4:26PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	5	-	2	6	25
High °C	11	16	13	14	16	16	13	14	17	14	17	15	16	24	19	16	17	14	14	13	12	12
Low °C	10	13	13	13	15	15	12	14	16	13	16	15	15	19	18	15	16	13	13	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	15	10	14	15	15	12	14	17	14	17	15	15	24	19	16	17	13	13	13	12	11
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.9 NE	0.5 ENE	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	5	5	7	12	12	11	8	8	11	11	4	5	5	7	7	11	11	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 E
Period (s)	18	16	15	14	7	8	9	9	8	10	12	6	9	8	12	13	6	12	15	14	14	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.8 ENE	1.5 NE	-	-	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NE	-	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	-	-	-	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	4	5	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	2	6	6	-	-	-	6

	Sat	Sunday 04								Monday 05								Tuesday 06
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	16	7	16	15	14	14	14	5	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	161	115	196	171	178	187	146	211	161	206	64	157	119	104	63	41	72	56	78	203	78	182
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				4:01AM 2.08				5:27PM 1.83				5:59AM 1.95				6:23PM 1.81				6:55AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)						11:24AM 0.10				11:04PM -0.00				12:16PM 0.11				12:33AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	10	10	14	16	16	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	16	15	13	13	12	13	15	14
Chill °C (?)	10	11	8	8	13	15	14	13	14	13	12	13	14	13	15	14	12	13	12	13	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	14	5	5	5	6	5	5	7	7	13	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	16	16	16	16	15	9	14	14	7	7	7	7	8	13	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 NE	1.3 ENE	1.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	4	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 03				Sunday 04
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSE	0.4 ENE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	16	7	16	16	16	7	7	16	16	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	163	24	161	161	162	162	201	276	271	257	89	296	295	258	178	186	177	187	167	240	146	236
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)			9:39PM -0.02														11:24AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	10	11	12	12	13	14	16	16	17	14	16	13
Chill °C (?)	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	11	12	15	15	16	12	14	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	1.0 S	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	18	18	17	17	16	16	8	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 ENE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5