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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	Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wed
	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 - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Karitane Point Otago
Rating	0	3	2	0	1	1	1	3	3	2	0	2	0	3	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 NE
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	6	12	12	11	8
Energy(?)	342	418	518	229	182	97	96	174	602	235	219	296	302	615	504	294	104	68	78	98	101	53
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:13PM 1.86		4:40AM 1.96	5:05PM 1.84		4:26AM 2.07	4:48PM 1.92		6:32AM 1.92	5:44PM 1.87		7:33AM 1.87		8:02PM 1.70	8:37AM 1.82		9:07PM 1.67	9:41AM 1.78		10:10PM 1.65	10:42AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)	10:08AM 0.04		10:29PM 0.01	11:01AM 0.02		11:20PM -0.00	10:43AM 0.06		11:03PM 0.01	12:48PM 0.07		12:24AM 0.08		1:44PM 0.12	2:03AM 0.11		2:41PM 0.19	3:01AM 0.17		3:41PM 0.24		4:02AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	1	5
High °C	16	19	15	17	13	12	14	13	15	21	22	15	12	12	13	12	15	12	14	14	15	14
Low °C	14	18	13	15	12	11	13	13	14	18	20	9	10	12	12	12	14	12	12	14	13	14
Chill °C (?)	15	19	15	17	12	12	13	11	15	21	22	14	9	9	11	12	15	12	12	12	15	13
Sunrise	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	8:35	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	12	6	6	6	12	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.3 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	8	13	6	6	6	6	6	12	4	5	5	8	9	-	10	5	12	10	12	7	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 NE	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	-	0.6 NE	0.4 WSW	0.7 S	0.4 ENE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	3	5	6	-	-	-	6	4	-	5	3	4	7	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	6	5

	Wednesday 05							Thursday 06								Friday 07
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	2	2	0	0	2	3	2	2	2	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	10	10	10	10	16
Energy(?)	901	767	342	296	302	299	298	518	349	240	224	252	182	146	123	97	93	87	96	102	110	387
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:48AM 1.93					4:13PM 1.86			3:32AM 2.05	4:40AM 1.96				5:05PM 1.84				5:34AM 1.96				6:00PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)				10:08AM 0.04			9:13PM -0.00				9:46AM 0.02	10:11AM 0.04				11:20PM -0.00				11:55AM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	10	14	14	14	14	14	15	13	14	17	15	13	12	12	12	11	11	13	14	15	13
Chill °C (?)	6	7	13	12	12	12	13	15	13	14	17	14	12	12	12	11	10	11	13	13	14	12
Sunrise	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	10	10	10	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 SSW	0.6 SE
Period (s)	8	9	8	-	13	13	13	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	11	10	6	6	16	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.8 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.6 NE	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	-	3	3	4	5	5	6	6	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	-	6	4

	Wednesday 05
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	2	2	0	0	2	3	2	2	2	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.6 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	866	936	496	488	497	481	393	494	345	330	382	574	290	307	302	297	299	299	300	295	298	395
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			3:48AM 1.93													4:13PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)								8:52AM 0.02		10:08AM 0.04												10:29PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	9	9	9	9	10	11	12	14	15	17	10	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	6	7	7	7	7	8	11	12	14	14	17	6	14	13	12	12	12	12	11	9	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:32	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.6 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.6 SW
Period (s)	7	8	6	6	15	15	15	8	8	8	8	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	1.0 NE	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5