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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	Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sun
	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	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Pipeline (Dunedin) Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Potato Point Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.4 NE	0.8 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.1 S	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	2.2 ENE	2.2 NE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.7 E	1.2 E	1.5 E	1.2 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	12	5	6	7	7	7	13	7	8	7	7	8	10	9	9	10	12	11	11
Energy(?)	284	76	400	88	98	59	104	137	84	51	483	843	121	148	214	679	253	475	283	133	270	297
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:45PM 1.81	8:02PM 1.70	8:37AM 1.82		9:07PM 1.67	9:41AM 1.78		8:55PM 1.70	9:33AM 1.78		11:10PM 1.65	10:59AM 1.73		11:03PM 1.66	11:48AM 1.70		12:57AM 1.67	12:24PM 1.69	1:21PM 1.70	1:45AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)			2:03AM 0.11		2:41PM 0.19	3:01AM 0.17		3:16PM 0.23	3:15AM 0.22		3:53PM 0.28		4:37AM 0.22	5:12PM 0.26		5:26AM 0.25	5:43PM 0.29		6:03AM 0.28		7:38PM 0.30	8:02AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	14	18	18	12	12	14	11	13	13	12	12	13	12	22	20	9	14	12	10	14
Low °C	11	12	11	16	15	8	12	12	11	12	12	10	12	12	10	18	17	6	13	10	9	12
Chill °C (?)	10	10	14	18	18	10	11	13	9	10	10	10	10	12	10	22	19	6	14	10	8	12
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	8:35	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	1.7 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.7 E	1.2 E	1.5 E	1.2 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	12	10	6	7	9	7	7	8	8	7	7	8	10	9	9	10	9	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.3 S	-	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	-	10	12	18	10	12	12	13	13	12	12	13	13	14	13	4	12	12	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.5 E	1.4 NE	0.9 ENE	1.4 NE	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 NE	1.7 NE	2.2 ENE	2.2 NE	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	6	5	5	4	7	7	4	6	7	8	4	4	3	6	3	7	2	-	-	-

	Sunday 09							Monday 10								Tuesday 11
	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	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Pipeline (Dunedin) Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.1 NE	0.5 S	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	5	6	11	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	867	293	284	320	315	229	222	75	215	262	299	79	73	140	119	117	83	100	141	131	137	254
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- 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	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:21AM 2.00	7:33AM 1.87				8:02PM 1.70				7:23AM 1.92				7:49PM 1.75				8:28AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)	1:07AM 0.05				1:44PM 0.12				1:06AM 0.12				2:14PM 0.20				2:11AM 0.17				3:41PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	9	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	14	19	18	17	18	12	11	9	8	13	13	12	11
Chill °C (?)	6	7	9	8	9	8	8	10	10	14	19	18	17	18	10	8	7	5	13	12	10	9
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.2 S	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	6	12	10	5	6	7	7	7	7	9	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.8 SSW	0.1 NE	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	7	8	7	9	9	-	-	8	-	10	12	10	12	12	11	18	10	10	10	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	0.6 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 NE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 NE	0.5 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	-
Period (s)	-	7	3	4	4	4	5	4	5	6	6	6	5	6	3	4	6	7	7	7	7	-

	Sunday 09
	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	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Pipeline (Dunedin) Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	4	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	983	320	316	313	295	293	274	73	297	486	487	320	77	76	335	11	259	229	257	225	222	497
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							7:33AM 1.87													8:02PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	1:07AM 0.05												1:11PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	12	13	12	12	12	15	12	13	11	12	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	6	8	7	7	7	7	7	10	10	11	12	10	10	10	13	10	11	8	10	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	5	7	9	9	9	7	7	9	7	9	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 ENE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	1.3 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5