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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	Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thu
	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	Campbells Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	1	3	2	1	0	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 E	0.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.8 SW	0.8 ENE	0.4 E	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.5 E	1.4 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	1.4 E	1.5 E
Period(s) (?)	8	6	9	10	8	11	11	15	15	10	14	10	10	8	12	11	11	10	10	10	6	8
Energy(?)	104	86	288	218	532	182	42	226	334	137	563	122	368	365	368	194	85	167	104	89	173	300
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)			9:16PM 1.40	9:24AM 1.56		10:04PM 1.46	10:40AM 1.57		10:32PM 1.78	10:55AM 1.82		12:55AM 1.73	12:20PM 1.68	1:19PM 1.76	1:45AM 1.83			1:50AM 1.85		3:00PM 1.83	2:48AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)		3:03PM 0.48	3:35AM 0.40		4:14PM 0.42		4:28AM 0.36	5:01PM 0.35		5:11AM 0.32	5:43PM 0.28		6:06AM 0.23		7:23PM 0.20	7:55AM 0.18		7:30PM 0.12	7:41AM 0.12		8:18PM 0.42	9:50AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	10	1	-	1	2	4	1	-
High °C	24	24	16	12	13	11	19	15	13	14	13	14	14	13	10	13	15	12	14	14	13	18
Low °C	17	23	15	11	12	9	15	13	11	14	13	13	12	12	9	13	14	12	13	13	13	16
Chill °C (?)	24	24	15	10	11	9	19	15	13	14	12	12	12	12	9	13	14	10	13	14	12	18
Sunrise	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.4 E	1.0 NE	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.8 E	1.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.8 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	0.4 ENE	1.5 E
Period (s)	8	6	9	10	9	11	11	10	15	10	14	6	10	9	12	11	6	10	10	6	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	0.7 SW	0.9 ENE	0.5 S	-	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 E	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	9	13	11	7	4	15	10	14	-	10	13	12	7	7	7	6	7	10	7	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.6 NW	-	0.7 SSW	1.8 SW	0.8 NE	-	1.0 NE	-	-	1.1 ENE	-	0.4 SW	1.1 SSW	-	-	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	1.4 E	0.4 W
Period (s)	5	3	-	4	8	4	-	5	-	-	10	-	2	8	-	-	11	4	5	-	6	3

	Thursday 27							Friday 28								Saturday 29
	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	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Potato Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago
Rating	3	2	1	2	1	2	1	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	2	1	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 SW	0.9 ENE	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	7	6	8	8	9	10	10	10	8	10	10	6	7	11	11	11	15	10	15
Energy(?)	783	381	116	206	86	251	111	546	601	291	245	268	149	165	56	31	223	126	266	84	221	279
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:56AM 1.52				9:19PM 1.42				9:42AM 1.54	10:49AM 1.60				11:14PM 1.56				11:39AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)	2:46AM 0.43				3:27PM 0.46				3:23AM 0.36					4:39PM 0.37				4:28AM 0.36				5:32PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	17	24	24	20	17	14	15	14	12	12	14	12	11	12	10	10	15	17	20	13
Chill °C (?)	14	13	16	24	24	20	17	14	15	13	10	12	13	10	8	9	9	9	15	17	20	12
Sunrise	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	0.6 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 E	1.0 NE
Period (s)	9	10	9	7	6	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	6	11	11	5	11	11	11	4	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 S	-	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.1 S	0.9 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 E	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	11	8	10	9	9	10	-	9	10	10	13	7	13	11	6	7	11	5	12	15	10	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 NE	0.6 N	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	-	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.4 NW	0.7 S	1.4 SW	0.8 S	-	0.4 NE	0.8 NE	1.1 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 NE	1.3 NE	0.9 ENE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	9	9	5	3	3	3	-	9	9	2	3	8	8	-	2	4	5	4	5	11	10	4

	Thursday 27
	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	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Potato Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago
Rating	3	2	1	2	1	2	1	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	2	1	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.4 NE	0.8 E	0.7 E	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 NE	0.3 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.5 E	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	6	10	6	10	10	10	7	8	8	9	8	10
Energy(?)	407	468	783	386	145	323	109	126	165	165	220	19	182	17	17	13	134	139	157	25	36	73
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								8:59AM 1.53													9:18PM 2.02	10:23PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)		2:26AM 0.45													3:50PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	14	14	14	14	15	17	15	17	21	24	23	23	22	21	21	23	17	14	18	15
Chill °C (?)	13	11	14	12	13	13	14	16	13	16	21	24	23	23	22	21	21	23	17	13	18	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	0.5 SSW	1.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.5 E	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	9	11	9	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	8	7	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.6 SW
Period (s)	11	8	11	8	11	8	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.4 NNE	1.4 NE	0.4 NNE	0.9 ENE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 NE	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 NW	-
Period (s)	-	9	9	9	3	9	3	5	6	6	6	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	-