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 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	2	2	1	2	1	1	0	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 NE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.4 NE
Period(s) (?)	7	13	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	10	13	14	13	7	10	10	14	13	5	6	7	8
Energy(?)	15	65	50	195	48	54	55	101	77	13	134	116	130	270	458	150	246	85	13	90	120	29
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:23PM 1.81		6:03AM 1.96		7:20PM 1.77	6:23AM 2.03		8:18PM 1.74	8:47AM 1.78		9:14PM 1.70	9:41AM 1.71		8:46PM 1.62	10:34AM 1.66		11:02PM 1.64	11:25AM 1.61		11:53PM 1.63	12:14PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)	12:16PM 0.11		12:33AM 0.06	12:23PM 0.11	1:06PM 0.14	1:24AM 0.12		1:55PM 0.19	2:15AM 0.19		2:45PM 0.25	3:06AM 0.27		3:35PM 0.31	3:03AM 0.33		4:26PM 0.37		4:53AM 0.41	5:19PM 0.41		5:50AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	10	5	3	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	16	15	13	14	18	15	17	15	15	21	16	16	19	16	14	13	14	20	23	17	11	14
Low °C	14	15	11	14	17	14	16	14	14	19	16	16	18	15	12	12	13	17	21	15	9	10
Chill °C (?)	15	14	12	14	18	14	17	15	15	21	14	15	18	14	14	12	12	20	23	15	8	12
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.4 S	0.4 ENE	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 NE	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.5 ENE	0.4 NE	1.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 SSW	0.4 NE
Period (s)	6	7	9	12	11	12	12	11	11	8	13	14	6	6	10	10	5	5	5	8	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.2 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.5 NE	0.1 E
Period (s)	7	8	12	9	8	8	8	9	9	10	8	4	13	16	15	14	10	9	8	12	8	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	0.4 SW	1.6 SSW	0.4 NE	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	8	2	-	-	-	4	-	5	7	7	5	-	-	-	6	7	7

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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 - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	9	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	108	118	65	59	132	50	233	205	82	176	136	45	45	54	88	61	55	104	29	73	73	77
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:31PM 1.85				6:55AM 1.90					7:20PM 1.77				7:52AM 1.84				8:18PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)		12:16PM 0.11				12:33AM 0.06					1:06PM 0.14								1:55PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-
Temp. °C	13	14	15	14	13	12	13	13	16	14	15	17	15	14	13	14	16	14	18	15	14	15
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	13	12	12	13	13	16	13	14	16	14	13	13	14	16	13	18	15	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 S	0.4 ENE	0.6 SW	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 NE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	6	6	7	9	13	9	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	12	12	12	12	11	9	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.4 NE	0.4 SSE	0.5 NE	0.4 SSW	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	7	7	8	7	9	12	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	11	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	3	8	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 05																Tuesday 06
	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 - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 S	0.7 ENE	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	7	6	13	13	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	124	122	15	72	119	67	56	151	65	151	151	41	41	33	65	33	50	118	50	149	187	184
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												6:23PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)						12:16PM 0.11												12:33AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	14	14	14	16	13	14	15	14	14	15	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	13	13	15	11	12	14	12	13	14	13	12	12	11	11	13	12	13	13	13
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 S	0.6 ENE	0.6 SW	0.4 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SW	0.4 ENE	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	13	7	13	13	7	7	9	9	9	9	12	9	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.3 ENE	0.6 S	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.5 NE	0.4 SSW	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	10	8	10	9	13	13	5	5	5	12	9	12	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.5 ENE	-	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	2	-	6	-	6	6	6	6	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-