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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	Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Mon
	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	Karitane Point Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Warrington Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Karitane Point Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	4	2	2	2	1	3	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	2.2 E	1.9 ESE	2.5 SE	2.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 SE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 E	1.3 ENE	1.5 S	1.2 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	13	11	11	11	9	9	16	14	7	11	11	12	12	9	8	16	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	441	693	1857	1466	1994	1442	913	770	588	316	68	120	153	192	542	676	403	399	159	303	203	239
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	off	on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:45PM 1.75	3:48AM 1.77		4:00PM 1.68		4:09AM 1.83	4:02PM 1.86		4:49AM 1.84	5:03PM 1.78		5:44AM 1.78	6:02PM 1.73		6:35AM 1.73	6:32PM 1.77		6:59AM 1.73		8:51PM 1.74	9:20AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)			9:28PM 0.21	9:56AM 0.26		10:08PM 0.16	10:19AM 0.22		10:35PM 0.12	11:00AM 0.20		11:49PM 0.49	12:00PM 0.21		12:04AM 0.16	12:55PM 0.23		12:54AM 0.22		1:45PM 0.28	2:52AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
High °C	12	12	11	11	14	12	13	15	15	15	16	14	17	15	12	13	14	15	18	15	14	16
Low °C	12	12	11	11	14	11	13	14	14	15	16	12	16	15	10	11	14	13	16	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	10	9	10	9	12	11	12	15	14	15	16	14	16	14	8	13	12	14	18	15	14	15
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03
Sunset	-	8:47	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	2.2 E	1.9 ESE	2.5 SE	2.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.8 E	1.3 ENE	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.6 S	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	12	13	11	11	11	9	9	8	8	7	7	11	12	12	9	8	8	8	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	1.0 ESE	1.3 SE	1.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SW	1.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.1 S	0.5 E	0.9 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 NE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	13	8	7	12	12	11	7	16	16	14	7	11	8	15	12	11	11	13	14	6	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	-	1.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	-	1.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.5 SE	3.5 SW	-	-	1.2 NNE	-	0.6 S	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	4	12	-	6	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	13	-	-	5	-	7	-	3

	Monday 16							Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18
	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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Warrington Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.5 E	1.8 E	1.8 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.0 SE	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	9	10	10	12	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	17	16
Energy(?)	230	276	441	650	870	2252	2267	2095	2187	2376	2115	1360	1901	1720	1609	1005	1210	1085	921	1072	848	729
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:56AM 1.76				3:23PM 1.65				3:33AM 1.81				4:00PM 1.69					4:09AM 1.83				5:32PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)			9:16AM 0.32				9:13PM 0.21				9:41AM 0.26	10:17AM 0.58			9:54PM 0.15	10:14PM 0.17				10:32AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	11	12	12	13	12	11	12	11	11	11	15	12	12	11	13	12	12	12	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	9	8	10	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	14	10	10	9	12	11	11	12	12	13	14
Sunrise	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.5 E	1.8 E	1.8 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.0 SE	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE
Period (s)	13	9	10	10	12	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	0.7 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SE	0.3 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	8	13	13	12	7	7	12	15	12	13	11	13	24	14	11	21	13	19	18	18	17	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 S	-	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.6 SW	2.1 S	0.9 SW	2.2 S	0.5 SW	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	1.1 S	-	-
Period (s)	8	9	4	4	5	5	-	12	12	11	11	8	6	7	11	7	-	-	-	7	-	-

	Monday 16
	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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Warrington Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.8 E	1.2 SE	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.5 SE	1.7 ESE	1.4 ENE	1.7 E	1.6 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.5 ENE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	13	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	12	10	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	7	7
Energy(?)	300	168	222	222	307	307	287	313	280	360	389	1024	540	693	896	1296	1682	1680	1794	2829	421	447
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:27AM 1.80	3:11AM 1.73												3:09PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)									9:02AM 0.32													10:25PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.8 E	1.2 SE	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.5 SE	1.7 ESE	1.4 ENE	1.7 E	1.6 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE
Period (s)	10	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	12	10	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	1.0 ESE	0.4 SSW	1.3 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	13	10	9	9	13	13	8	10	7	7	12	12	13	8	12	7	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	2.2 SSE	0.3 S	0.8 S	0.3 SSW	1.6 SSE	-	-	-	1.5 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE
Period (s)	8	4	4	4	4	4	8	9	8	8	-	6	8	12	8	8	-	-	-	7	7	7