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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	Fri		Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	4	0	3	1	0	3	3	0	2	2	1	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 E	2.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.8 S	1.1 NE	0.4 SSW	1.0 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SE	0.8 SSE	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	11	8	16	15	16	10	6	8	8	4	12	6	7	7	16	15	14	14	13	10	6	7
Energy(?)	195	995	359	758	130	537	208	692	123	156	80	85	257	374	291	400	302	291	143	62	52	324
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)	6:34PM 2.05	7:03PM 1.75	7:29AM 1.75			7:24AM 1.68		7:26PM 1.74	9:20AM 1.67		8:27PM 1.71	8:45AM 1.69		10:02PM 1.67	10:29AM 1.57		11:56PM 1.78	12:23PM 1.68		12:20AM 1.77	12:03PM 1.75	1:21PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		1:14AM 0.20		1:13PM 0.47	1:21AM 0.23		2:23PM 0.25	1:53AM 0.29		3:14PM 0.27	2:56AM 0.35		3:22PM 0.32		4:24AM 0.34	5:14PM 0.30		5:58AM 0.35	5:32PM 0.27		6:32AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	10	12	5	-
High °C	19	12	14	14	15	14	17	13	16	21	16	13	14	11	16	20	14	14	13	12	10	11
Low °C	17	11	12	13	12	13	15	10	12	19	11	13	13	10	12	17	12	13	12	10	9	11
Chill °C (?)	19	9	13	11	14	11	16	11	15	21	16	10	12	11	15	20	14	14	13	10	6	9
Sunrise	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-
Sunset	8:37	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.8 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 NE	0.5 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 S	1.2 NE	-	0.5 SE	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 NE	0.7 ENE	0.5 SE	0.8 SSE	0.5 SW
Period (s)	11	11	8	8	7	14	7	13	8	8	6	-	12	7	7	15	14	6	6	10	6	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.5 SE	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.5 SE	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	5	11	10	15	8	6	9	9	12	12	12	9	18	10	16	7	9	14	9	6	13	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	2.3 SW	-	0.9 NE	-	1.5 SW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	-	1.1 NE	1.6 NE	1.0 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	1.3 NNE	-	2.0 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S
Period (s)	5	8	-	10	-	10	6	8	-	4	6	6	7	7	-	4	5	6	-	6	7	7

	Friday 20			Saturday 21								Sunday 22								Monday 23
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	1	0	0	3	3	3	4	2	0	0	3	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 E	1.2 E	1.6 SW	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.2 NE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	8	7	7	8	8	16	15	15	7	15	14	9	7	10	8	8	8	8	13	12
Energy(?)	162	781	624	554	514	651	1370	376	334	302	905	640	303	60	56	729	510	500	1012	506	545	408
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:03PM 1.75			6:35AM 1.73	7:29AM 1.75								7:21AM 1.67				7:26PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)				12:46AM 0.51				12:30PM 0.23	1:37PM 0.23								2:23PM 0.25				2:12AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	12	11	12	10	10	12	15	15	14	13	13	10	12	14	14	13	15	12	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	19	9	8	11	8	10	11	14	13	12	12	12	8	10	12	11	10	13	10	10	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.7 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	7	14	14	14	8	6	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	5	14	13	10	10	10	16	16	15	15	8	15	14	9	6	9	9	9	13	9	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SW	-	0.8 NE	1.7 NE	2.2 NE	0.2 W	0.7 W	-	0.6 W	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	1.7 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	5	8	8	7	7	8	8	-	10	6	7	3	3	-	3	10	8	8	8	8	-	-

	Friday 20										Saturday 21
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	1	0	0	3	3	3	4	2	0	0	3	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.8 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 ENE	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	11	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	11	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	16	8
Energy(?)	164	611	610	201	323	258	1185	744	624	589	673	369	563	319	431	430	406	892	894	647	295	1340
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)							7:03PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)												12:29AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	14	14	19	16	15	12	10	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	18	11	11	19	14	13	8	6	8	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.8 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 ESE	1.0 S	0.7 ESE	0.8 E	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 S	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	10	11	8	8	8	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.8 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	4	14	14	5	14	14	11	14	13	13	14	11	11	10	10	14	10	10	10	10	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	-	7	6	5	5	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	8	-	8	8	8	8	8