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 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			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 - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	0	3	0	2	2	2	1	3	2	0	2	4	3	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSW	1.6 ENE	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.8 SSW	1.6 E	1.7 E	2.2 E	1.9 E	1.8 E
Period(s) (?)	11	10	9	8	8	10	10	13	8	6	12	8	15	14	13	8	13	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	323	149	114	112	53	89	54	22	366	88	201	101	675	381	149	173	471	695	902	1679	872	723
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		12:05AM 1.59	11:29AM 1.43		12:04AM 1.52	12:24PM 1.46		1:41AM 1.64		2:01PM 1.58	2:26AM 1.68		1:54PM 1.57	2:19AM 1.71		3:27PM 1.65	3:52AM 1.76		4:09PM 1.69	3:51AM 1.75		3:45PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)	4:38PM 0.53		5:11AM 0.57	5:32PM 0.53		6:06AM 0.56	6:23PM 0.49	7:19PM 0.46	7:56AM 0.47		8:11PM 0.42	7:41AM 0.45		7:53PM 0.36	8:22AM 0.39		9:43PM 0.31	10:12AM 0.32		9:31PM 0.21	9:59AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	15	13	17	13	19	18	16	21	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	11	12	13	12	13	13
Low °C	17	12	12	17	12	16	18	15	11	12	12	13	13	9	12	12	11	12	13	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	23	15	12	16	12	18	17	15	21	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	9	10	12	10	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-
Sunset	9:00	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 SSW	1.6 E	1.7 E	2.2 E	1.9 E	1.8 E
Period (s)	11	10	9	8	8	10	10	7	8	8	8	8	15	14	7	8	13	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 S	1.0 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.1 E	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	5	5	5	11	11	13	11	13	12	6	12	16	8	7	13	12	9	12	12	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NE	0.4 SW	-	0.4 ENE	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	1.5 NE	1.7 ENE	0.3 W	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	1.2 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	4	-	6	4	6	6	7	2	3	-	-	-	-	3	5	4	13	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								Friday 13
	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	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 S	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.8 NE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	11	10	10	13	12	12	12	7	7	8
Energy(?)	246	302	200	205	230	185	119	196	100	81	83	96	85	92	89	109	79	56	56	528	531	312
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				11:06PM 1.49				12:27PM 1.53				12:05AM 1.52					1:15PM 1.55				1:14AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		5:26PM 0.48				5:11AM 0.57				6:23PM 0.49				6:07AM 0.56					7:19PM 0.46			6:56AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	21	15	14	13	12	12	12	14	15	13	12	12	12	17	19	19	17	15	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	22	21	15	13	12	11	12	11	12	13	11	11	11	11	17	18	18	16	13	16	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	11	10	10	10	12	12	12	7	7	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	1.0 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 NE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	11	5	11	11	12	12	11	7	11	13	13	9	9	9	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NE	1.0 NNE	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.8 NE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE
Period (s)	5	5	3	4	9	-	-	-	6	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8

	Tuesday 10										Wednesday 11
	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	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	1.1 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	5	5	9
Energy(?)	239	368	323	319	271	209	170	277	143	143	146	153	141	178	198	192	152	146	115	39	33	94
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)				4:38PM 0.53														6:03AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	22	23	20	17	17	18	16	15	15	15	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	18	16	22	23	20	17	17	18	16	15	14	14	12	12	12	12	10	11	11	12	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	1.1 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	8	9	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	-	-	1.0 NNE	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.6 S	-
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	5	-	-	4	4	4	4	5	5	-	-	-	5	5	-