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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	Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thu
	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	0	1	2	1	2	5	3	1	2	2	2	4	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	3.0 SW	1.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.2 ESE	1.6 NE	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.4 SE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	9	9	11	13	13	8	10	7	15	10	8	8	10	13	14	14	14	8	12
Energy(?)	24	13	191	130	122	2485	652	186	168	10	229	67	235	132	162	43	136	83	45	83	76	89
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		3:52PM 1.84	3:18AM 2.07	4:22AM 1.99	4:46PM 1.84		5:18AM 1.98	5:43PM 1.81		6:16AM 1.95	6:42PM 1.77		6:28AM 1.99	6:27PM 1.85		7:26AM 1.92		7:24PM 1.78	7:59AM 1.85		9:45PM 1.67	10:15AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)			8:56PM 0.00	10:45AM 0.06		10:11PM -0.01	11:39AM 0.06		11:56PM 0.02	12:33PM 0.09		12:50AM 0.05	12:51PM 0.14		12:46AM 0.07		1:24PM 0.19	1:45AM 0.14		3:16PM 0.25	3:37AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	-
High °C	13	14	13	25	26	16	14	14	16	24	23	20	14	15	12	15	14	16	19	14	12	12
Low °C	13	13	12	20	19	11	13	13	11	21	22	11	11	15	11	13	14	15	19	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	12	14	12	25	26	15	13	12	16	24	23	20	13	14	9	14	12	16	19	13	12	11
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	9:13	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 SW	1.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	1.1 NE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.5 NE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.5 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	11	13	13	8	8	7	7	10	8	8	5	13	14	5	13	12	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 SW	0.2 S	0.1 NE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.5 SW
Period (s)	8	6	8	7	4	9	9	7	13	10	14	15	8	7	11	7	10	9	14	14	4	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	-	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.8 WNW	3.0 SW	-	0.5 ENE	1.1 NE	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	0.9 WSW	0.8 SW	-	1.4 NE	-	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	-	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	-
Period (s)	2	-	2	2	4	11	-	4	5	6	7	6	4	-	5	-	5	4	-	4	8	-

	Thursday 04							Friday 05								Saturday 06
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) 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	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	3	3	2	5	5	5	0	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 E	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	2.1 SW	2.4 SSW	0.9 SSE	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	11	12	12	13	13	13
Energy(?)	114	51	74	13	13	115	40	139	153	158	204	210	122	973	1162	228	3711	3301	4594	629	650	535
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	on	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:28AM 1.96				3:52PM 1.84					4:22AM 1.99								4:12AM 2.09				5:43PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)			8:37AM 0.09					10:08PM 0.03				10:45AM 0.06			9:51PM -0.02	10:14PM -0.01				11:39AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	14	13	14	13	13	11	11	12	16	24	26	20	16	12	12	11	14	14	12	12
Chill °C (?)	8	8	14	12	14	12	12	10	10	11	15	24	26	20	15	11	10	9	13	13	11	10
Sunrise	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.6 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	12	12	12	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 NE	0.1 NE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	8	6	6	8	8	7	7	7	12	5	4	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.7 NNE	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	2.1 SW	2.4 SSW	0.2 N	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	4	3	4	8	8	4	11	12	12	-	-	-

	Thursday 04
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) 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	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	3	3	2	5	5	5	0	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	9	9	7	8	8	8	8	8	9
Energy(?)	117	115	114	117	51	62	48	29	24	24	46	38	63	56	57	67	12	11	14	12	12	73
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)														2:46PM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)									9:50AM 0.08													10:08PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	7	9	8	10	10	11	13	13	12	12	14	13	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	8	8	6	8	6	10	8	10	12	12	11	11	13	13	15	13	14	14	13	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	6	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	6	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	6	6	9	6	6	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-