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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	Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Sat
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury
Rating	0	2	2	1	4	4	3	3	2	0	2	1	0	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	3.0 NE	0.8 E	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 E
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	136	460	331	151	241	1610	995	694	245	241	94	167	136	2005	106	340	280	245	290	342	238	27
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:18PM 1.51		6:41AM 1.59		7:02PM 1.47	6:13AM 1.65	6:30PM 1.51	7:50PM 1.45	8:17AM 1.55		8:40PM 1.44	7:45AM 1.57		8:03PM 1.45	8:33AM 1.56		8:44PM 1.62	10:49AM 1.60		11:14PM 1.56	11:39AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)	11:19AM 0.32		12:25AM 0.34	12:54PM 0.37		1:05AM 0.37	12:35PM 0.49		1:47AM 0.38		2:18PM 0.41	2:30AM 0.39		2:14PM 0.51	2:26AM 0.45		3:03PM 0.48	3:23AM 0.36	4:06AM 0.37	4:39PM 0.37		5:00AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	11	13	13	10	10	10	9	15	14	12	17	19	19	22	22	17	17	13	10	21
Low °C	11	11	10	12	12	8	10	10	7	13	14	11	16	18	15	18	20	13	12	12	9	19
Chill °C (?)	10	8	9	12	12	8	7	9	7	13	12	10	16	19	19	22	22	17	17	11	8	21
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:47
Sunset	-	8:57	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	1.1 SW	0.9 NE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 ENE	1.6 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.2 ENE	0.8 E	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	10	14	9	13	13	12	9	12	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	10	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.1 E	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.6 S	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.5 SSW	0.3 E
Period (s)	14	16	13	9	9	9	13	9	9	9	6	9	12	11	11	10	10	4	13	13	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 NE	0.4 NNE	-	-	1.9 SW	1.8 SSW	-	-	0.4 NE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	3.0 NE	-	1.9 NE	-	-	0.7 N	0.7 S	0.4 NNE	-
Period (s)	-	10	4	-	-	12	12	-	-	4	5	6	7	9	-	9	-	-	4	4	3	-

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	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	2.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 S	1.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	530	133	188	166	393	331	269	265	415	453	187	1355	719	1610	1549	1468	1440	883	694	661	310	563
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:18PM 1.51				5:31AM 1.69								6:15AM 1.65					7:50PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)		12:14PM 0.35				12:25AM 0.34				12:54PM 0.37				12:00AM 0.43				12:43PM 0.36	1:35PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	11	12	11	11	11	9	8	11	12	13	11	10	10	9	8	10	10	10	10	9	10
Chill °C (?)	10	9	10	9	9	10	8	7	11	10	12	10	8	8	7	6	8	9	9	8	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 NE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 S	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	14	14	13	9	13	13	13	12	13	12	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.1 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	14	14	16	9	9	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	15	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	10	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	3

	Saturday 22																Sunday 23
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	597	137	136	136	400	400	321	318	460	441	168	166	273	211	212	208	203	344	331	328	153	406
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												6:18PM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)						12:14PM 0.35											11:14PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	9	11	11	10	9	9	13	13	8	8	9	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	8
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	9	9	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 NE	0.6 ENE	0.8 NE
Period (s)	14	15	14	14	10	10	10	10	16	16	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	13	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	10	10	4	4	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-