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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	Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sun
	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	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	2	1	0	3	1	0	3	2	1	2	2	1	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	1.5 ENE	0.6 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 ENE	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	8	11	10	10	10	11	13	13	14	12	11	10	19	6	16	7	14	14	9	6	8	8
Energy(?)	128	165	123	106	90	199	164	213	226	193	339	96	142	350	245	105	153	124	119	294	493	257
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:39PM 1.63		5:03AM 1.74	4:17PM 1.67		5:45AM 1.74	6:02PM 1.64		6:27AM 1.73	6:45PM 1.64		7:11AM 1.72		7:30PM 1.64	7:57AM 1.70		8:20PM 1.64	8:48AM 1.68		9:14PM 1.66	9:42AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)	10:43AM 0.34		10:02PM 0.27	11:22AM 0.32		11:34PM 0.27	12:01PM 0.30		12:13AM 0.26	12:40PM 0.30		12:54AM 0.25		1:20PM 0.29	1:36AM 0.26		2:02PM 0.29	2:21AM 0.27		2:47PM 0.30	3:10AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	2	3	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	10	13	15	12	14	13	12	17	20	14	17	19	16	14	11	10	11	11	10	10
Low °C	11	13	9	12	14	11	13	13	10	14	18	11	15	18	12	13	10	9	11	11	9	9
Chill °C (?)	11	11	8	11	13	10	12	11	10	16	20	13	16	18	16	14	8	8	8	8	9	8
Sunrise	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18
Sunset	-	9:24	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.6 S	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	1.5 S	1.3 S
Period (s)	8	8	10	10	10	11	13	13	14	12	11	6	9	9	7	7	7	8	9	10	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 S	0.3 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.1 S	0.6 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	1.0 ENE	1.0 E
Period (s)	11	11	8	7	7	7	8	9	12	8	24	10	12	18	16	11	14	14	13	-	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.5 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	1.6 NE	1.8 NE	1.0 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.8 NE	-	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 S	1.6 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	6	6	6	6	7	-	5	6	6	6	-	-

	Sunday 18					Monday 19								Tuesday 20								Wed
	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair 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 - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	14
Energy(?)	228	226	121	154	131	123	201	203	106	99	83	77	77	85	263	328	330	142	214	206	176	215
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:57PM 1.60	4:39PM 1.63				5:03AM 1.74				5:20PM 1.63				5:45AM 1.74				6:02PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)		10:43AM 0.34			9:44PM 0.27	10:54PM 0.29				11:22AM 0.32				11:34PM 0.27				12:01PM 0.30				12:13AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	13	12	11	10	11	11	13	13	14	13	12	11	12	11	12	14	14	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	10	9	8	9	9	12	11	12	11	10	10	11	10	11	12	12	11	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 ESE	0.4 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 S	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	9	9	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	-	0.3 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	3	3	4	4

	Sunday 18																Monday 19
	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair 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 - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Energy(?)	292	254	128	228	228	226	336	336	165	159	158	154	135	134	214	230	227	123	123	126	126	126
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										4:39PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)			9:52AM 0.36	10:43AM 0.34												10:54PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	11	11	12	12	11	11	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	9	10	11	11	11	11	9	9	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	9	8	8
Sunrise	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	11	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3