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 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			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	Aramoana Spit Otago	Warrington Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Middle Beach (Moana Rua) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury
Rating	1	1	4	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	0	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	2.4 S	0.7 E	2.0 S	1.4 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 NE	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	11	12	9	11	9	9	8	8	11	11	12	11	13	12	10	10	12	13	12	9	5	6
Energy(?)	130	142	1288	116	919	431	289	187	108	63	93	2553	2084	1096	531	311	816	848	198	134	103	27
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)			9:39PM 1.81	10:35AM 1.58		11:14PM 1.67	11:34AM 2.12		12:31AM 2.30	12:39PM 2.23		1:22AM 1.84		1:13PM 1.82	3:00AM 1.93		3:23PM 1.81	3:54AM 1.95		4:16PM 1.84		4:47AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)		3:37PM 0.34		4:30AM 0.34	4:55PM 0.29		5:37AM 0.86	5:40PM 0.27		6:45AM 0.82	6:56PM 0.18		7:19AM 0.24		8:43PM 0.16	9:22AM 0.20		9:41PM 0.11	10:16AM 0.15		10:35PM 0.08	11:07AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	15	15	13	11	16	18	17	22	15	14	12	13	13	14	14	14	16	20	15	27
Low °C	14	13	12	13	12	10	14	17	16	20	15	10	12	13	11	12	14	13	15	17	14	20
Chill °C (?)	12	13	14	14	10	10	16	18	17	22	14	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	15	20	13	27
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:33
Sunset	-	9:16	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.2 SSE	2.1 S	0.7 E	1.4 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 NE	0.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 E
Period (s)	10	9	10	10	11	9	8	8	7	6	12	12	13	12	10	10	12	13	12	9	10	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SW	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 NE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	11	12	12	11	14	11	11	11	11	7	10	10	10	12	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.0 S	-	0.3 NNE	0.4 NE	-	-	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.8 NE	1.1 NE	-
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	9	-	2	3	-	-	5	11	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	5	-

	Monday 26					Tuesday 27								Wednesday 28								Thu
	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 - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Warrington Otago	Warrington Otago	Tuhawaiki Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Dunedin - Middle Beach (Moana Rua) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	4	4	1	1	1	1	2	4	4	3	1	1	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.1 SE	2.4 S	2.1 S	1.4 SSE	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 E	0.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	11
Energy(?)	2761	2555	142	130	98	93	268	2186	1055	589	86	86	614	572	371	324	289	244	187	157	181	108
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	9:11AM 1.61					10:05PM 1.62				10:32AM 2.05				10:40PM 1.83				12:35PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)			3:57PM 0.32					4:12AM 0.36				4:56PM 0.30				6:10AM 0.32				6:34PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	14	14	12	11	13	11	13	14	15	14	11	11	10	10	14	15	17	18	15	17
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	12	10	9	12	9	13	14	14	12	10	10	9	9	14	14	17	18	14	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.0 S	0.7 E	0.6 E	2.1 S	1.1 SE	2.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	9	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	12	17	16	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.4 S	2.1 S	1.4 SSE	1.9 S	1.8 S	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.8 NNE	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	4	4	-

	Monday 26																Tuesday 27
	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 - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Warrington Otago	Warrington Otago	Tuhawaiki Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Dunedin - Middle Beach (Moana Rua) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	4	4	1	1	1	1	2	4	4	3	1	1	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 SSE	2.5 S	2.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.7 E	0.7 E	2.4 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	11	12	12	10	10	10	10	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	2958	2959	130	123	137	140	221	2416	972	217	130	130	1280	1679	2656	2640	2660	2460	2469	2469	1647	2279
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)			9:01AM 1.76														11:10PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)										4:02PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	14	14	14	14	18	13	16	17	14	14	12	13	12	11	11	12	11	11	12	11
Chill °C (?)	10	10	12	12	13	13	18	11	15	16	12	12	10	10	9	8	8	9	8	8	9	8
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.4 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	0.9 SSE	2.3 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 E	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	0.7 E	2.1 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	12	12	17	17	16	16	11	11	11	11	11	11	16	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	-	2.5 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.3 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10