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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	Mon	Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Penguin Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury
Rating	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	0	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	2.4 NE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	10	9	8	11	10	10	8	8	8	8	15	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	14
Energy(?)	790	307	307	198	113	100	95	90	54	1081	432	346	348	812	238	354	147	397	435	150	152	64
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	10:01PM 1.49	10:28AM 1.44		12:05AM 1.59	12:27PM 1.53		12:05AM 1.52	12:24PM 1.46		12:55AM 1.58		1:12PM 1.51	1:39AM 1.64		2:44PM 1.61	3:09AM 1.72		2:32PM 1.63	2:57AM 1.76		3:09PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)		4:15AM 0.55	4:38PM 0.53		6:03AM 0.52	5:32PM 0.53		6:06AM 0.56	6:22PM 0.49		6:55AM 0.51		7:10PM 0.43	8:45AM 0.43		8:59PM 0.36	9:30AM 0.37		8:34PM 0.28	9:02AM 0.32		10:25PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	19	18	16	13	17	14	20	18	17	23	21	14	14	15	13	14	12	12	13	14	14
Low °C	12	14	17	11	13	17	12	15	18	16	20	18	12	13	14	9	12	12	12	12	14	12
Chill °C (?)	10	19	18	15	12	16	12	20	17	17	23	21	11	12	14	13	13	10	12	12	13	13
Sunrise	-	6:43	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.9 ENE	0.2 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 E
Period (s)	12	12	11	10	9	8	8	10	10	8	12	8	9	15	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 NE	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	13	8	5	5	6	11	11	13	11	9	8	12	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	10	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 SW	-	0.4 ENE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.5 NE	2.4 NE	1.7 ENE	0.8 SW	-	-	1.2 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	5	4	-	6	5	6	6	8	8	4	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Mon	Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11								Thursday 12
	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	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	11	11	10	10	13
Energy(?)	368	374	390	661	540	239	219	209	209	304	319	315	120	196	100	80	97	95	123	90	90	112
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	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	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		10:01PM 1.49				10:28AM 1.44				11:06PM 1.49				12:27PM 1.53				12:05AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)				5:05AM 0.50				4:37PM 0.53				5:11AM 0.57				6:23PM 0.49				6:07AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	10	9	12	13	19	20	17	16	13	12	12	13	12	14	15	13	13	13	12	17	20
Chill °C (?)	9	8	8	10	11	19	20	17	15	12	11	12	13	11	12	13	11	12	12	10	17	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 NE	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	5	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.7 NE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	13	8	5	5	5	12	11	11	6	11	11	12	12	11	12	11	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	1.0 NE	0.6 NE	1.1 NE	-	0.2 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 ENE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	3	4	4	4	5	5	-	4	11	6	9	-	-	6	3	4	5	5	5	6	6

	Monday 09				Tuesday 10
	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	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	389	374	383	790	790	384	381	453	452	445	432	449	316	573	291	286	225	218	214	210	196	193
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)					11:15PM 1.59												11:38AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)										4:15AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	11	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	13	14	15	15	19	22	22	20	21
Chill °C (?)	11	10	9	10	9	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	11	11	13	14	14	19	22	22	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	13	8	8	8	8	8	4	4	8	13	8	8	8	8	8	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	-	0.8 NE	0.5 NE	0.9 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	-	1.1 NE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	4	4	4	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	-	5	5