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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	Thu	Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04
	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 - Long Beach Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Possums Reef Otago	Possums Reef Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Warrington Otago
Rating	1	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	1	2	0	2	1	2	3	0	0	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NE	1.0 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.6 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	0.6 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	1.3 E	2.3 SSE	3.0 SE	1.7 SSE	3.0 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	10	8	10	12	15	15	14	10	6	6	9	11	11	10	10	10	10	7	9	10	10
Energy(?)	550	183	55	145	36	135	371	373	452	138	220	111	243	188	191	200	91	318	507	1643	507	2090
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		9:24AM 1.56		10:04PM 1.46	10:33AM 1.57		10:32PM 1.78	12:29PM 1.71		12:55AM 1.73	12:26PM 1.68		1:45AM 1.83			1:10AM 2.03		3:00PM 1.83	3:28AM 1.96		2:46PM 1.89	3:18AM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)	3:39AM 0.41		4:14PM 0.42		4:22AM 0.36	4:40PM 0.38		5:56AM 0.29	6:27PM 0.26		6:12AM 0.23	6:36PM 0.19	7:23PM 0.20	7:55AM 0.18		7:31PM 0.16	8:53AM 0.12		9:14PM 0.07	9:50AM 0.08		8:56PM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	7	3	10	4	-	4
High °C	18	12	13	12	18	15	14	14	16	11	11	11	11	16	18	13	12	13	12	9	16	8
Low °C	13	12	12	12	16	12	11	14	14	9	11	11	10	13	16	11	12	12	10	9	16	7
Chill °C (?)	18	9	12	9	18	15	13	12	16	8	11	8	8	15	18	12	10	13	10	4	14	4
Sunrise	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:04	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 SW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 SW	0.4 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	0.3 SSW	0.5 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 E	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	8	10	10	10	11	10	10	14	13	9	9	6	11	11	10	10	10	9	10	15	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 SSW	0.7 NE	-	0.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 E	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.4 SW
Period (s)	8	9	8	12	5	5	15	10	-	13	6	9	6	6	5	9	9	16	15	15	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 NE	0.6 S	-	1.6 NE	-	1.1 NE	-	1.5 NE	1.6 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	-	0.9 NE	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	1.3 E	2.3 SSE	3.0 SE	1.7 SSE	3.0 SE
Period (s)	8	4	-	11	-	5	-	6	10	6	6	-	4	-	-	5	5	10	7	9	10	10

	Thu	Friday 28								Saturday 29								Sunday 30
	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	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	1	3	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 E	1.5 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.7 SW	0.9 ENE	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 NE	1.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	10	10	10	8	10	11	7	12	11	11	12	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	6	7
Energy(?)	141	536	202	284	183	399	157	178	58	41	131	205	118	85	233	652	225	228	476	456	467	283
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:19PM 1.42				9:41AM 1.54					11:14PM 1.56				11:39AM 1.65				12:04AM 1.64				11:11AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)			3:39AM 0.41				3:58PM 0.39	4:39PM 0.37				4:25AM 0.35				4:52PM 0.35				5:56AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	14	14	14	13	15	12	12	11	12	10	11	14	15	13	13	12	12	13	13	17	20
Chill °C (?)	18	13	13	13	11	15	10	10	8	9	8	10	14	14	13	12	11	11	11	11	16	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 SW	1.1 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	5	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	14	7	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.7 SW	0.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 ENE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 NE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	7	8	11	5	5	15	15	15	15	15	14	10	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 ENE	-	-	0.6 S	1.7 SW	0.5 SSE	-	0.4 NE	0.8 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.3 NE	0.9 NE	1.0 NNE	-	-	-	1.4 NE	1.5 NE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	4	8	4	-	2	4	5	5	5	11	5	5	-	-	-	6	6	7

	Thursday 27				Friday 28
	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	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	1	3	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 E	1.3 ENE	1.6 NE	0.4 SSW	1.6 NE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	9	4	9	10	8	7	8	8	10	10
Energy(?)	139	193	141	252	527	32	596	21	23	23	174	284	45	21	61	373	38	46	118	133	221	238
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		8:53PM 1.45	9:19PM 1.42												9:23AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)										4:06AM 0.37											3:51PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	15	18	16	18	12	17	17	15	13	14	15	12	12	11	10	11	12	12	12	13	14
Chill °C (?)	21	15	18	16	18	12	16	16	14	12	13	14	9	9	9	6	8	11	10	10	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 NE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	9	8	9	9	8	9	8	9	10	10	8	9	13	9	9	9	8	7	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.7 WSW	-	-	1.6 NE	1.5 ENE	1.6 NE	1.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	-	-	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	9	4	5	4	4	-	-	-	-	-