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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	Tue		Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tue
	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 - Blue Tops Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	1	2	0	3	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.2 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	16	16	15	7	6	13	8	6	13	14	13	13	13	12	10	13	12	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	130	164	267	666	182	64	162	100	91	400	277	440	603	220	297	863	7296	4542	2879	1204	806	710
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:54PM 1.75	10:06AM 1.60		11:56PM 1.78	11:17AM 1.63		12:56AM 1.82			1:16AM 1.82	1:00PM 1.82	1:20PM 1.77	1:53AM 1.91		2:25PM 1.80	2:55AM 1.92		2:58PM 1.88	3:26AM 1.96	4:28AM 1.91	3:44PM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)			4:03AM 0.38	4:28PM 0.31		5:10AM 0.36	5:32PM 0.27		7:07AM 0.33	6:33PM 0.20		7:31AM 0.17		7:29PM 0.12	8:16AM 0.17		8:34PM 0.06	9:13AM 0.08		9:08PM 0.03	10:47AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	11	18	14	18	12	11	11	12	11	10	11	12	12	14	13	10	10	11	8	11	12
Low °C	13	10	13	13	14	11	10	8	10	11	7	10	11	12	12	11	9	9	10	6	9	11
Chill °C (?)	13	9	18	12	18	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	12	10	6	7	9	5	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:15	-
Sunset	8:37	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 S	0.6 S	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.8 SSE
Period (s)	11	10	16	15	7	6	7	6	6	13	14	13	13	13	10	10	13	12	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 S	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	2.2 SW	0.8 SSE	0.1 E	0.6 SW
Period (s)	18	16	10	11	10	14	13	8	8	7	8	6	8	7	7	12	12	12	12	12	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 NE	0.8 NE	1.8 NE	0.4 NW	0.3 S	0.9 SSW	-	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.8 NE
Period (s)	6	3	5	6	2	2	5	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	12	10	13	12	-	-	3	4

	Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25								Thursday 26								Friday 27
	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	Murdering Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	0	1	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.9 NE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	18	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	7	14	14	14	6	7	8	8	13	8	13	13
Energy(?)	75	180	182	167	220	292	267	261	262	261	591	627	307	269	64	64	76	62	139	100	65	79
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	low	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)			9:35PM 1.69					11:22AM 1.66				10:28PM 1.80				11:34AM 1.61				11:58PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)	3:39PM 0.27	4:11PM 0.29				4:03AM 0.38				4:28PM 0.31				5:10AM 0.36				5:49PM 0.22				6:12AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	11	10	10	10	14	16	20	21	18	19	13	13	12	11	10	11	11	10	10	8
Chill °C (?)	12	11	9	9	8	9	13	14	20	21	18	19	13	12	10	8	7	8	10	10	9	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.6 NE	1.5 NE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	16	16	16	15	15	7	7	7	7	6	7	8	8	8	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	6	16	16	10	10	10	11	10	15	14	14	14	14	10	10	13	13	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 S	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	1.1 NE	1.4 NE	1.5 NE	1.9 NE	-	-	-	0.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	0.7 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	7	3	4	4	5	6	6	6	7	-	-	-	2	4	6	5	5	-	-	-

	Tuesday 24										Wednesday 25
	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	Murdering Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	0	1	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.6 SE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	18	18	10	16	16	16	4	4	4	10	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	78	189	127	129	145	144	143	142	182	182	80	219	166	211	16	18	19	80	468	302	267	309
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)																						10:06AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)			3:22PM 0.32													4:20AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	15	14	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	13	16
Chill °C (?)	12	12	14	13	12	12	12	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	8	8	8	8	9	10	11	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	6	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.6 SE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	6	11	18	18	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	16	16	6	6	16	16	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 S	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NNE	0.7 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE
Period (s)	6	-	6	6	-	-	-	7	7	7	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5