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 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Mon
	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	Aramoana Spit Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	2	2	3	4	4	0	3	2	0	2	2	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ENE	1.7 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.1 E	2.5 ESE	2.2 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.7 E	1.3 E	2.1 SW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SE	1.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	10	9	17	16	15	8	11	13	12	13	13	10	16	8	8	13	13	11
Energy(?)	802	1320	1974	1695	1617	961	879	591	164	76	87	251	731	1663	1251	740	383	380	514	330	199	323
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	glass	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:48AM 1.77		3:22PM 1.81		4:10AM 1.83	4:48PM 2.03		5:03AM 1.80	5:40PM 2.04		5:29AM 1.82	5:45PM 1.78		6:11AM 1.78	6:22PM 1.85		8:22AM 1.71		8:51PM 1.74	9:20AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		9:28PM 0.21	9:40AM 0.26		9:54PM 0.15	10:20AM 0.22		10:56PM 0.52	11:17AM 0.21		11:49PM 0.49	11:43AM 0.20		12:03AM 0.16	12:28PM 0.22		1:19AM 0.25		2:23PM 0.25	2:52AM 0.27		3:14PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	5	10	6	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	11	12	11	13	13	14	16	16	16	16	16	11	14	16	13	16	17	14	18	16
Low °C	12	12	11	12	11	13	13	14	15	16	13	15	14	10	11	15	10	16	16	12	14	16
Chill °C (?)	9	9	8	10	9	11	13	13	16	16	16	14	14	8	14	15	12	14	16	13	17	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-
Sunset	8:47	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.7 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.1 E	2.5 ESE	2.2 SE	1.3 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.7 SE	0.5 S	0.5 ESE	0.7 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	1.0 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	10	9	9	8	8	7	11	13	12	12	13	10	8	8	13	8	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.2 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.5 ESE	0.3 SSW	-	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 NE	0.7 S	0.5 SE	0.5 S
Period (s)	18	8	14	11	11	18	8	16	7	7	4	11	14	-	11	15	16	14	6	9	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SE	1.8 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.6 SE	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	-	-	0.8 NE	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	-	0.3 NE	1.2 NE
Period (s)	8	7	12	8	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	3	8	13	-	-	5	8	8	-	4	5

	Monday 16			Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18								Thursday 19
	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	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	3.0 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.9 S	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 SE	0.9 SSW	1.6 SE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	14	13	12	12	11	12	12	11	8	10	10	10	9	9	17	8	16	16	16	15
Energy(?)	1016	2252	2641	2279	1857	1968	1031	1125	2129	1172	1215	1419	1385	1157	1013	1251	879	535	604	591	269	229
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					3:33AM 1.81				4:00PM 1.69	4:02PM 2.02				4:09AM 1.83				5:32PM 1.74				5:57AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)			9:13PM 0.21					10:17AM 0.58								10:32AM 0.25				11:47PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	1	4	1	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	11	12	11	11	12	13	12	13	13	11	11	11	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	10	10	9	10	9	9	11	12	10	13	13	9	10	10	12	12	13	14	13	13	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	3.0 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 SE	1.3 ESE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.0 ESE	0.9 SE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	12	14	14	13	12	12	11	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SE	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.2 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	12	15	12	13	14	12	14	8	8	11	12	19	18	18	8	16	16	16	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.4 SE	0.4 SSW	-	0.6 SW	1.8 S	1.9 S	0.2 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	0.4 SW	-	-	-	1.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	5	5	7	12	-	11	7	8	11	7	8	11	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Monday 16										Tuesday 17
	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	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 E	1.8 ENE	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	1.9 E	1.9 E	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.2 E	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.2 E	1.3 SE	2.4 E	2.4 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 ESE	3.0 E	2.0 S	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	12	10	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	12	12
Energy(?)	664	1017	577	817	1854	1854	1999	1787	2077	1714	1409	1857	262	2103	2116	2936	2527	1968	2622	565	2297	2318
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)															3:32AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)									9:27PM 0.21													10:52AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	2	2	3
High °C	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	10	10	9	11	10	9	9	8	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 E	1.8 ENE	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	1.9 E	1.9 E	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.2 E	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 ESE	3.0 E	2.4 ENE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE
Period (s)	10	12	10	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	1.2 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.1 S	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.1 S	1.1 SE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	12	7	12	18	7	7	7	7	17	7	8	7	7	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.3 SSW	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	2.3 S	2.3 S	1.6 SE	2.3 S	1.8 SSW	-	-	1.5 SE	1.6 SE	1.9 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S
Period (s)	5	5	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	7	7	7	11	11	11	7	7	7