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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	Mon	Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	2	1	1	0	0	3	1	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	4	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ENE	1.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	2.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.8 E	2.3 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.2 SSW	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	13	7	7	7	8	9	10	9	9	9	9	14	10	8	9	9	10	9
Energy(?)	92	304	63	60	64	545	281	178	292	381	572	234	215	160	216	138	199	616	2322	480	16	261
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:44AM 1.83		8:55PM 1.70	9:08AM 1.88		11:10PM 1.65	11:39AM 1.73		12:06AM 1.66	12:32PM 1.71		12:57AM 1.67		1:21PM 1.70	1:45AM 1.68		1:09PM 1.68	1:32AM 1.67		2:04PM 1.63	2:11AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)	2:27AM 0.16		2:52PM 0.67	3:15AM 0.22		4:42PM 0.29		5:06AM 0.27	5:45PM 0.31		6:09AM 0.30	6:44PM 0.31		7:09AM 0.31		7:38PM 0.30	8:02AM 0.31		7:12PM 0.29	7:54AM 0.32		7:51PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	11	13	15	12	13	12	11	18	20	8	14	12	9	14	13	13	23	23	17
Low °C	10	11	11	11	12	13	11	12	12	10	15	11	6	12	11	8	12	13	12	18	22	12
Chill °C (?)	9	11	11	10	10	13	10	12	10	11	17	20	6	13	10	7	12	10	12	23	23	17
Sunrise	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 S	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 E	0.3 SSW	2.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 E
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	13	12	7	8	9	10	9	6	9	9	9	10	8	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.8 NE	0.5 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	18	9	8	8	13	7	8	12	13	13	10	9	9	14	8	8	9	12	12	11	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	-	0.2 NNE	1.4 NE	2.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	0.5 SSW	-	0.6 NNE	0.9 NE	-	0.6 SW	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	1.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	7	-	2	5	7	7	-	3	-	4	4	-	8	3	4	6	8	9	-	-	-

	Mon	Tuesday 11								Wednesday 12								Thursday 13
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Warrington Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills 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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.6 S	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	2.1 NE	1.4 ENE	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.1 E
Period(s) (?)	6	7	6	6	7	7	12	12	6	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	7	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	94	68	191	129	213	52	169	90	67	60	86	82	64	42	37	39	19	795	203	92	145	186
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	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
High Tide / height (m)	8:07PM 1.72				8:06AM 1.91					10:10PM 1.65				10:42AM 1.75				10:01PM 1.67				10:35AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)			2:28AM 0.65				3:41PM 0.24					4:02AM 0.23				4:42PM 0.29				4:37AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	12	10	12	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	12	11	11	11	10	12	13	13
Chill °C (?)	11	10	10	8	11	12	10	10	10	9	8	8	9	10	9	8	8	10	10	11	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.7 ENE	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	6	7	5	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	13	13	12	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.1 S	0.3 E	0.2 SSW	0.8 NE	0.5 ENE	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	18	6	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	13	13	13	13	7	8	8	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 S	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.7 NE	1.1 NE	1.4 NE	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 NE	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	3	4	6	6	7	-	-	-	-	2	3	5	5	6	7	7	7	7	-	-	3	3

	Monday 10				Tuesday 11
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Warrington Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills 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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NE	0.8 ENE	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 S	0.6 ENE	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	6	7	10	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	9	9	6	8	12
Energy(?)	158	55	26	82	79	69	167	79	101	98	107	83	83	56	194	203	202	95	107	52	49	1105
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:06PM 1.72													9:41AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)									3:01AM 0.17												3:09PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	17	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	10	11	12	13	13	13	15	14	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	14	11	17	10	9	8	7	6	6	7	6	7	9	11	12	12	12	15	13	11	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	12	11	18	10	18	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NE	0.8 SSW	-	0.6 SSW	1.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	-	-	-	0.3 NE	1.9 SW
Period (s)	6	11	-	3	5	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	2	12