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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	Sun		Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sun
	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Tomahawk Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Possums Reef Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago
Rating	0	3	0	3	2	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 S	1.7 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	6	9	11	10	10	9	9	10	9	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	5	6	11	12	11
Energy(?)	160	115	503	1558	569	269	179	185	224	45	272	329	307	238	172	167	155	54	110	208	196	126
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:26PM 1.78	12:14PM 1.59		12:20AM 1.97	12:44PM 1.96		12:59AM 1.55		1:47PM 1.58	2:13AM 1.66		2:31PM 1.59	2:57AM 1.68		3:15PM 1.60	3:39AM 1.71		3:22PM 1.59		4:21AM 1.72	4:00PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)	4:42PM 0.39		5:50AM 0.45	6:14PM 0.43		6:32AM 0.78	6:44PM 0.74		7:42AM 0.46		7:59PM 0.41	8:33AM 0.43		8:47PM 0.38	9:19AM 0.40		9:31PM 0.35	10:02AM 0.37		10:13PM 0.31	10:43AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	13	-	-	-	1	-	2	11	11	7	-	-
High °C	19	16	13	16	14	15	16	14	13	13	12	11	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	12
Low °C	16	11	12	16	10	14	15	13	13	13	11	11	12	12	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	18	15	11	15	14	14	15	13	12	13	11	10	10	11	12	12	13	13	13	11	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-
Sunset	9:29	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:24	-	-	9:23
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.5 S	0.1 NE	2.1 S	1.7 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 SSE	0.9 SE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	6	10	11	10	10	9	8	10	10	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	6	6	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	-	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.6 SE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	10	15	15	10	-	4	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	10	7	7	5	6	11	11	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.5 E	-	0.9 SSE	-	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E
Period (s)	4	6	9	10	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	5	-	5	-	5	6	6

	Sunday 11			Monday 12								Tuesday 13								Wednesday 14
	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	Possums Reef Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair 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 - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	1	2	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	0	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 NE	1.0 SSW	1.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.2 SSW	1.2 S	2.1 S	2.5 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.9 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	16	11	11	7	8	8	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	64	539	723	743	458	508	630	251	1558	2347	1102	569	596	333	269	226	179	237	77	136	122	86
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				11:53PM 1.63				11:35AM 1.49				12:41AM 1.63					1:01PM 1.57				1:27AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)		4:32PM 0.34				5:31AM 0.83				6:14PM 0.43				6:48AM 0.47								6:58AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	17	12	11	11	11	13	17	16	16	14	11	11	10	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	20	16	9	7	10	11	12	16	15	15	14	9	9	9	15	14	14	14	14	12	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	9:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:27	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 NE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.2 SSE	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.9 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	8	16	14	10	7	7	7	15	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.5 SSE	0.3 NE	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.8 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	13	7	7	15	11	15	11	10	10	10	9	-	10	11	4	10	10	8	5	4	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.2 SSW	1.2 S	1.8 SW	2.5 S	1.3 SW	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NE	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	4	11	11	7	8	8	9	10	11	9	3	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 11										Monday 12
	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	Possums Reef Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair 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 - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	1	2	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	0	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.2 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SW	0.1 E	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	15	11	11	11	11	9	10	10	10	10	10	15	9	9	6
Energy(?)	93	145	160	160	3	3	3	661	723	790	645	743	1287	641	604	559	607	1323	4	551	503	218
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											11:53PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)					5:01PM 0.75												5:50AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	19	18	20	20	20	16	12	12	12	11	12	11	10	10	10	10	12	11	12	15
Chill °C (?)	21	21	18	17	20	20	20	14	9	9	9	7	8	7	6	6	6	6	9	8	9	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.7 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	14	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE
Period (s)	13	13	10	10	-	-	-	6	7	7	7	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	15	11	11	11	11	9	10	10	10	10	10	6	9	9	6