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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	Wed		Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wed
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Moeraki Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	1	1	3	2	0	2	3	0	3	4	2	3	2	0	1	2	1	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.4 ESE	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 E	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.3 NNE	1.0 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	17	8	8	14	11	12	11	8	8	15	15	9	10	13	8	8	5	10	9	18	16	15
Energy(?)	832	150	85	165	70	425	373	518	967	797	362	29	873	572	176	139	154	233	80	309	152	276
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	4:02PM 1.86		5:57AM 1.80	6:16PM 1.75		6:42AM 1.78	6:09PM 1.72		6:32AM 1.72		7:54PM 1.75	8:22AM 1.71		7:18PM 1.83	8:16AM 1.61		9:52PM 1.74	9:15AM 1.59		10:02PM 1.67	10:04AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)		11:47PM 0.20	12:12PM 0.23		12:30AM 0.19	12:53PM 0.23		12:29AM 0.22	12:52PM 0.23	1:37PM 0.23	2:01AM 0.23		2:23PM 0.25	2:12AM 0.30		2:37PM 0.29	3:48AM 0.31		3:49PM 0.61		4:02AM 0.38	4:28PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	17	15	15	14	17	10	14	13	14	19	16	14	16	21	18	17	19	14	14	14
Low °C	14	14	17	14	13	13	15	9	12	13	9	16	15	10	12	19	14	14	16	11	13	14
Chill °C (?)	13	15	17	14	15	12	15	7	13	10	13	19	14	12	15	21	17	16	19	14	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-
Sunset	8:45	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:32
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.4 ESE	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.9 E	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 NE	0.3 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.8 NE	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 SW
Period (s)	9	8	7	6	11	12	11	11	8	8	7	9	14	13	8	8	8	6	9	6	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	17	9	8	14	8	8	14	13	10	15	9	8	9	9	12	12	11	20	5	8	5	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 S	0.2 NNE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 NE	0.6 W	-	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	-	0.9 NE	1.3 NNE	1.0 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 SW	-	-
Period (s)	7	3	-	-	3	5	4	8	8	10	3	-	10	7	-	4	5	10	4	6	-	-

	Wednesday 18			Thursday 19								Friday 20								Saturday 21
	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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Moeraki Otago	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Warrington Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	3	3	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.3 S	0.8 E	1.6 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	16	16	16	15	7	14	12	14	8	9	9	13	12	12	12	11	6	10	8	8
Energy(?)	881	526	511	551	269	218	89	279	142	182	212	770	522	280	366	384	634	342	264	250	679	818
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	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	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		5:32PM 1.74				5:57AM 1.80				6:16PM 1.75				5:09AM 1.92				6:02PM 1.73				6:12AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)				11:47PM 0.20				11:17AM 0.26				12:30AM 0.19				12:00PM 0.21				12:29AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	14	14	14	14	13	17	15	16	14	14	14	13	13	15	16	14	13	12	10	10	9
Chill °C (?)	12	14	13	13	14	13	17	14	15	13	13	14	13	12	14	15	11	11	11	8	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 S	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	7	8	8	7	7	7	6	8	8	9	9	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.7 SSE	0.1 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	17	8	8	16	7	8	8	14	8	8	11	11	11	11	7	8	14	14	5	13	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.4 NNE	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	3	9	9	8	2	4	8	5	6	5	8	8

	Wednesday 18										Thursday 19
	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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Moeraki Otago	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Warrington Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	3	3	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	1.3 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 ESE	0.6 SSW	1.2 SE	0.8 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 SSW	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	9	17	17	9	16	8	16	8	16	16	16	16	7	9	9	15	7	7	7	14	15
Energy(?)	887	642	832	832	579	526	250	558	159	511	551	551	551	146	25	39	221	107	46	92	187	153
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	on	on	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)					5:32PM 1.74												5:57AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)											11:47PM 0.20											11:00AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	14	14	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	15	16	14	15
Chill °C (?)	13	14	13	13	15	14	15	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	15	16	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 SE	1.1 S	0.9 ESE	1.0 S	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	8	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 SSE	0.4 ENE	1.0 ESE	0.9 S	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.5 E
Period (s)	8	8	17	17	8	8	9	8	7	8	16	16	16	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.2 S	1.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-