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 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Tomahawk Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	3	1	1	3	3	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	2	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	2.4 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	0.9 E	1.6 SW	0.6 E	0.9 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	12	6	6	7	7	12	13	7	8	7	8	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9
Energy(?)	247	76	57	194	73	67	43	648	400	134	271	453	428	289	448	238	596	144	298	371	433	68
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)			7:49PM 1.75	8:28AM 1.85		8:55PM 1.70	9:57AM 1.78		10:00PM 1.67	10:36AM 1.74		12:06AM 1.66	11:03AM 1.88		11:59PM 1.65		1:21PM 1.70	1:45AM 1.68		2:06PM 1.68	2:30AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)		1:49PM 0.23	2:11AM 0.17		3:41PM 0.24	3:15AM 0.22		4:09PM 0.26		4:15AM 0.25	4:51PM 0.29		5:18AM 0.25	6:44PM 0.31		7:09AM 0.31		7:38PM 0.30	8:02AM 0.31		8:25PM 0.29	8:50AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	19	13	12	11	11	13	15	12	13	11	10	17	12	9	12	13	11	18	17	15	16
Low °C	13	19	9	11	10	10	12	14	11	13	11	10	15	10	7	12	12	9	14	17	14	16
Chill °C (?)	11	19	11	10	10	8	10	13	9	11	9	9	16	9	7	11	11	9	17	16	15	16
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	8:38	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.9 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	0.9 E	0.8 SSW	0.6 E	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	6	7	7	6	13	13	8	7	8	9	10	10	9	9	8	9	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.8 NE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 E	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 NE	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 E	0.4 S	0.7 E	0.3 SSE	0.8 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	10	9	18	9	8	12	7	7	12	12	12	13	15	6	13	12	9	8	9	13	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NE	1.0 ENE	1.1 SW	-	-	0.6 NE	1.6 NE	2.4 ENE	-	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	0.7 NE	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	4	-	-	8	6	7	-	5	5	-	4	4	7	7	9	4	4	9	-	-

	Monday 10							Tuesday 11								Wednesday 12
	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 - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	0	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	0.9 ENE	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	7	6	7	7	7	12	6	6	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	157	277	281	145	171	268	195	68	139	330	93	138	224	67	55	67	79	65	43	38	37	33
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)			7:23AM 1.92				8:14PM 1.72				8:28AM 1.85				8:55PM 1.70	10:10PM 1.65				10:42AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)	2:03AM 0.11				2:41PM 0.19				2:09AM 0.17				3:02PM 0.23					4:02AM 0.23				4:42PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	16	19	15	15	17	11	9	9	14	13	11	10	10	10	11	11	12	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	12	16	19	14	15	17	8	6	7	14	11	9	9	8	7	8	8	9	10	9	9
Sunrise	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	6	12	12	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 E	0.6 SSW	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.5 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	10	12	10	9	11	10	18	11	7	7	9	8	8	8	12	6	7	7	7	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 NE	1.0 ENE	1.2 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	-	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 NE	1.1 NE	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	2.1 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	6	7	-	7	-	-	-	8	4	5	6	7	7	8

	Monday 10
	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 - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	0	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 NE	1.0 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	12	5	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	165	353	238	191	304	195	141	64	161	272	147	79	293	77	77	74	64	62	62	63	61	61
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)							7:47AM 1.90														9:07PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)														2:41PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1
High °C	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	17	18	19	17	13	17	18	15	16	16	15	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	9	10	10	11	9	12	12	13	17	18	19	16	11	16	18	14	16	16	15	11	11	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	5	6	12	6	12	12	12	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.1 NE	0.6 SSW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	10	12	12	10	12	10	10	9	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.4 NE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.5 NE	1.1 ENE	1.1 NE	-	1.1 ENE	1.2 NE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 NE	-	1.2 NE	1.3 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	-	6	6	6	6	6	-	6	6	6	6	6	3	3	3