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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 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23
	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	Patiti Point Canterbury	Warrington Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Shag Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	0	1	5	3	3	3	0	3	3	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ESE	2.2 E	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.2 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.8 E	1.0 ESE	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	0.8 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	10	9	17	16	7	14	11	13	12	12	13	12	15	14	8	12	12	11	6
Energy(?)	1447	1339	2123	1312	961	827	589	100	153	75	324	293	1405	1305	1505	499	175	1418	707	207	454	63
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	3:48AM 1.77		3:45PM 1.73		4:34AM 2.24	4:23PM 1.76		5:03AM 1.80	5:03PM 1.78		5:29AM 1.82	5:45PM 1.78		5:54AM 1.89	6:22PM 1.85	7:54PM 1.75	8:22AM 1.71		8:51PM 1.74	9:20AM 1.67		8:46PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		9:41AM 0.26		9:54PM 0.15	10:58AM 0.51		10:50PM 0.13	11:17AM 0.21		11:41PM 0.15	11:43AM 0.20		12:04AM 0.16	12:54PM 0.28		2:01AM 0.23		2:23PM 0.25	2:52AM 0.27		3:14PM 0.27	3:14AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	4	6	-	1	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	14	11	13	13	14	15	16	15	14	16	11	14	13	13	19	18	14	20	19	22
Low °C	12	11	14	11	13	13	13	14	15	13	13	15	10	11	13	11	15	17	12	15	15	20
Chill °C (?)	9	10	12	9	11	13	13	15	16	15	12	15	7	13	11	12	19	17	12	20	18	22
Sunrise	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	2.2 E	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.2 SE	1.3 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 ESE	0.8 E	0.1 S	1.1 E	1.8 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	0.8 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	11	10	9	9	8	7	7	11	13	14	11	13	12	8	8	8	12	12	11	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SE	0.5 ESE	0.9 S	-	0.8 E	0.6 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.3 ENE	0.6 S	0.8 SW	0.7 SE
Period (s)	9	7	12	11	18	8	16	14	14	4	11	6	-	11	10	15	14	13	9	8	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 S	1.4 SSW	2.3 S	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.3 SW	-	1.1 SW	1.0 ESE	1.9 SSW	0.5 W	-	1.2 NNE	-	2.5 SW	0.7 NNE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	0.3 NW
Period (s)	7	6	7	11	-	-	-	4	2	-	4	12	12	3	-	5	-	8	3	5	6	2

	Mon	Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18								Thursday 19
	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	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Warrington Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 E	2.2 E	2.5 E	2.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.9 E	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 SE	2.1 SE	2.4 SE	2.2 SE	2.0 SE	2.0 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	12
Energy(?)	2306	2070	2137	2351	1141	1898	2002	1757	2467	1286	1304	1069	758	1233	827	741	540	589	290	241	266	87
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)			3:33AM 1.81				4:00PM 1.69					4:09AM 1.83				5:32PM 1.74				5:57AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)	9:28PM 0.21								9:54PM 0.15	10:14PM 0.17				10:32AM 0.25				11:47PM 0.20				11:17AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	3	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	11	11	11	11	14	11	12	12	11	14	12	11	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	16
Chill °C (?)	8	9	9	9	13	9	10	10	9	13	10	10	14	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 E	2.2 E	2.5 E	2.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.9 E	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 SE	2.1 SE	2.4 SE	2.2 SE	2.0 SE	2.0 SE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.6 E	1.9 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SW	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	12	13	14	8	14	14	11	21	20	19	18	18	8	8	7	16	8	8	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.6 SE	0.7 SW	1.4 SSW	1.9 S	2.1 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	2.3 SSE	1.8 S	0.7 SW	-	-	1.4 S	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	-
Period (s)	6	7	12	11	7	8	11	11	8	8	11	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	-

	Monday 16				Tuesday 17
	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	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Warrington Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	2.1 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 SE	2.5 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	1.8 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.5 ESE	2.1 E	2.3 SSE	2.3 E
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	12	7	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	7	7	11	12	8	11
Energy(?)	2187	2112	2389	2210	1476	470	2076	2032	2137	1178	2339	2084	2367	2099	2072	622	666	695	2475	2280	783	1311
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									3:33AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)			9:14PM 0.21												9:49AM 0.25	10:52AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	-
High °C	12	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	10	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	2.1 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	1.7 ESE	2.1 E	2.5 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	1.8 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ESE	2.1 E	2.3 ENE	2.3 E
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	0.4 ESE	1.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SSW	1.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 SE	1.9 SSE	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	9	7	14	14	12	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	8	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	2.3 S	1.6 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSE	1.4 SSW	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.3 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.0 S
Period (s)	5	7	7	7	7	7	12	12	12	5	11	7	11	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8