Otago Surf

Otago Surf Forecast

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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	Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thu
	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 - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	4	4	4	4	2	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.5 E	1.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.8 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s)	10	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	9	16	16	16	16	16	15	11	12	12	14	17
Energy	236	228	324	361	255	247	216	67	275	1015	1511	1812	1500	334	2509	2132	2016	1425	1107	1021	1108	1633
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	cross	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:46PM 1.63		5:42AM 1.53		6:01PM 1.63	6:25AM 1.54		8:35PM 1.58	7:30AM 1.45		7:58PM 1.55	8:19AM 1.47		8:24PM 1.66	9:10AM 1.51		11:01PM 1.65	11:26AM 1.68		11:50PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	11:33AM 0.41		12:02AM 0.36		12:19PM 0.30	12:45AM 0.38		1:30PM 0.43	2:27AM 0.41		1:53PM 0.43	2:25AM 0.46		3:04PM 0.40		3:13AM 0.42	3:30PM 0.37		4:53AM 0.32	5:22PM 0.30		5:49AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	15	14	13	14	11	12	8	9	12	13	15	16	8	9	11	12	15	15	14	14
Low °C	9	13	14	13	12	11	11	10	5	6	12	12	14	11	7	7	10	10	14	15	13	13
Chill °C (?)	12	15	14	13	13	14	8	12	4	6	10	11	13	15	3	9	10	11	15	15	14	14
Sunrise	8:11	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15
Sunset	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.8 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	9	16	16	16	16	16	15	11	12	12	14	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 NE	0.6 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	1.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	11	13	10	12	9	12	11	10	14	21	18	10	10	10	13	12	-	15	14	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.4 NW	0.5 NNW	-	-	0.9 SW	0.6 S	1.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-
Period (s)	6	6	3	3	-	-	5	5	9	10	9	4	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-

	Thursday 04							Friday 05								Saturday 06
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Campbells Bay Otago
Rating	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 E	1.1 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	6	6	7	7	7	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	263	154	236	219	228	323	101	324	91	212	361	324	255	236	250	247	63	244	216	78	67	54
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		5:41AM 1.49				5:46PM 1.63	6:11PM 1.60								6:01PM 1.63				6:25AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)				11:33AM 0.41					12:34AM 0.46				12:19PM 0.30				1:20AM 0.47				1:30PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Temp. °C	9	10	9	13	15	13	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	12	14	13	13	11	11	11	12	10
Chill °C (?)	7	7	7	12	15	13	13	14	12	12	12	13	13	12	14	12	13	8	8	10	12	8
Sunrise	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 E	1.1 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	7	7	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.4 ENE	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.5 E
Period (s)	11	8	11	13	13	10	9	10	9	12	12	12	9	12	12	12	10	11	11	11	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	-	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	-
Period (s)	5	5	6	6	6	6	-	3	3	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	4	5	-

	Thursday 04
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 E
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7
Energy	204	204	263	186	223	154	154	120	236	211	229	219	223	223	228	200	187	323	324	327	101	103
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	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	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						5:41AM 1.49												5:46PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)												11:33AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	10	11	13	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	14	13
Chill °C (?)	8	6	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	10	12	14	15	15	13	13	13	13	12	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	11	9	11	8	8	9	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 ENE	1.0 NE	1.0 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-