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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	Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Fri
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	2	1	1	3	3	2	1	1	2	1	0	1	4	3	2	3	3	2	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSE	1.0 S	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	1.4 E	0.8 E	0.3 SSW	0.9 E	1.8 ENE	2.5 NE	1.6 E	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	10	14	13	15	15	15	13	6	6	12	7	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	9	14
Energy(?)	367	381	179	61	149	484	551	50	254	403	73	74	92	383	1804	375	477	603	386	279	336	67
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	on	off	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:57PM 1.76		6:19AM 1.69	6:42PM 1.71		6:08AM 1.60	6:07PM 1.69		6:27AM 1.58		8:16PM 1.61	8:40AM 1.51		9:07PM 1.57	9:32AM 1.48		9:59PM 1.55	10:25AM 1.47		10:51PM 1.56	10:56AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)	11:47AM 0.24		12:10AM 0.27	12:27PM 0.29		12:51AM 0.32	12:21PM 0.35		12:24AM 0.41	12:41PM 0.42	1:46PM 0.39	2:14AM 0.43		2:29PM 0.44	2:58AM 0.47		3:14PM 0.48	3:46AM 0.50		4:03PM 0.49		4:31AM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	2	4	4	-	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	17	18	17	11	10	9	11	12	11	13	13	14	13	14	14	15	18	14	17	15	11	12
Low °C	16	15	12	10	9	9	10	12	11	12	13	13	12	14	13	13	15	13	14	13	11	11
Chill °C (?)	17	18	17	8	9	8	8	11	9	11	12	12	12	12	12	15	18	14	17	14	11	10
Sunrise	7:56	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:06
Sunset	-	7:23	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSE	1.0 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.2 SSE	1.0 E	1.2 E	0.5 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.9 E	0.4 S	2.2 ENE	1.6 E	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	12	11	10	7	8	15	15	15	6	6	6	9	7	10	8	8	9	10	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.2 E	0.3 SSW	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	11	13	6	10	7	8	7	9	13	10	11	12	12	14	13	13	13	14	13	16	5	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NE	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.4 E	0.6 E	1.1 E	1.4 E	0.8 E	1.8 ENE	-	1.8 ENE	2.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	4	-	-	4	-	-	3	5	6	6	6	6	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

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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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Smithfield Canterbury
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	4	3	2	2	0	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	13	13	10	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	13	15	14	14	14	14	6
Energy(?)	515	285	238	237	331	265	81	95	82	99	59	62	499	921	1057	1028	551	457	445	378	313	59
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				5:57PM 1.76				5:02AM 1.72				6:42PM 1.71					7:04AM 1.62				7:28PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)		11:47AM 0.24				12:10AM 0.27				11:11AM 0.27				12:51AM 0.32					1:06PM 0.34			12:51AM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	2	3	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	17	17	18	18	17	17	12	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	15	17	17	18	18	17	16	11	10	10	9	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	13	6	7	7	7	7	8	15	15	14	13	15	14	14	14	14	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SW	0.7 NE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	11	4	5	5	13	6	10	10	10	14	7	7	7	8	8	15	7	15	15	15	9	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.4 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.9 ENE	1.0 E	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	4	4	4	5	-

	Friday 03																Saturday 04
	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Smithfield Canterbury
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	4	3	2	2	0	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	10	10	10	14	14	11
Energy(?)	618	430	367	355	434	424	200	253	238	239	235	237	333	334	331	331	162	161	148	115	117	44
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										4:43PM 1.79	5:57PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)					11:47AM 0.24													12:10AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	16	16	15	16	20	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	16
Chill °C (?)	16	15	16	16	15	16	20	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	14	16
Sunrise	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	7	7	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	4	4	5	5	5	5	13	13	13	13	6	6	6	10	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-