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 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	0	3	4	3	2	3	3	0	2	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.9 S	1.2 S	0.8 SSE	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	16	11	12	11	11	10	10	15	16	15	16	15	14	15	16	15	14	14	13	12	11	11
Energy(?)	332	232	251	275	318	305	328	372	512	451	385	739	989	711	291	499	602	262	536	305	216	167
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	5:38PM 1.82		4:51AM 1.88	6:26PM 1.79		6:50AM 1.76		7:14PM 1.73	7:38AM 1.68		8:03PM 1.68	8:27AM 1.61		8:53PM 1.62	9:17AM 1.55		9:45PM 1.58	8:43AM 1.45		9:19PM 1.49	11:02AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)		10:38PM 0.08	11:02AM 0.15		12:36AM 0.21	12:57PM 0.25		1:18AM 0.28		1:38PM 0.31	2:01AM 0.35		2:19PM 0.37	2:45AM 0.42		3:03PM 0.43	3:32AM 0.48		3:50PM 0.48	3:40AM 0.59	4:23AM 0.52	4:42PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	9	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	13	16	19	18	24	25	16	16	17	14	12	12	10	12	13	11	13	14	12	15	15
Low °C	15	12	15	18	15	18	16	14	15	15	13	11	12	8	11	11	10	11	13	10	12	14
Chill °C (?)	15	12	16	19	18	24	25	16	15	16	14	10	10	9	12	12	11	11	12	10	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:26	-
Sunset	8:22	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:08
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.9 S	1.2 S	0.8 SSE	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	9	11	9	11	11	10	10	10	16	15	16	15	14	15	16	15	14	14	13	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.6 NE	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.5 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 S	0.4 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	11	5	12	8	5	15	15	15	9	9	9	4	6	8	7	10	7	5	13	13	6	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	1.0 NE	-	0.5 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	0.7 S	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	-	0.3 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	4	5	-	5	4	6	-	-	-	7	6	-	4	4	5	-	-	2	4	5	6	6

	Wednesday 04			Thursday 05								Friday 06								Saturday 07
	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 - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair 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 - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	1.2 E	0.8 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	11	11	11	10	10	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	16
Energy(?)	332	363	345	232	312	264	251	438	275	380	389	318	322	316	305	296	280	271	393	637	728	559
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						6:04AM 1.82				6:26PM 1.79				6:50AM 1.76				5:53PM 1.77	7:14PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)				11:52PM 0.16				12:15PM 0.20				12:36AM 0.21				12:57PM 0.25				12:07AM 0.24	1:18AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	17	14	13	13	13	15	14	16	18	18	17	16	15	18	24	25	16	16	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	12	17	13	12	13	13	15	13	15	18	18	17	16	15	18	24	25	16	16	14	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.2 E	0.8 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	9	11	11	11	10	10	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 NE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.5 SW	0.8 E	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	11	8	8	5	13	12	12	14	8	16	13	5	14	14	15	15	15	15	10	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	1.0 NE	0.8 NE	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	-	-	0.8 NE	0.4 NW	0.7 NE	0.3 S	0.3 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	5	5	4	4	-	-	6	2	6	2	3	-	-	-

	Wednesday 04										Thursday 05
	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 - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair 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 - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 E
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12
Energy(?)	249	335	332	330	365	363	360	518	345	342	240	232	229	319	312	299	277	278	157	311	150	251
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					5:38PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)											11:52PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	17	16	16	15	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	13	13	14	16
Chill °C (?)	12	16	17	15	15	14	11	9	10	12	12	12	12	14	13	13	13	12	13	13	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 E
Period (s)	16	11	11	11	8	8	8	15	8	8	5	5	5	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	1.1 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	-	1.0 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-