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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	Sat	Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Karitane Point Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury
Rating	2	0	1	2	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	4	3	3	0	0	4	3	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.7 ENE	2.2 NE	1.7 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	3.0 S	4.0 S	2.5 SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	11	11	10	10	10	11	13	13	13	12	12	7	8	8	16	15	10	12	10	10	11
Energy(?)	285	228	165	222	106	212	200	161	36	213	196	197	452	587	440	130	123	576	1236	2585	6164	2060
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:27AM 1.75	4:21AM 1.72	3:19PM 1.70		5:03AM 1.74	5:20PM 1.63		5:45AM 1.74	4:54PM 1.68		6:27AM 1.73	6:45PM 1.64		7:11AM 1.72		7:30PM 1.64	7:57AM 1.70		8:20PM 1.64	8:48AM 1.68		9:14PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)		10:43AM 0.34		10:54PM 0.29	11:22AM 0.32		11:34PM 0.27	12:01PM 0.30		12:13AM 0.26	12:40PM 0.30		12:54AM 0.25		1:20PM 0.29	1:36AM 0.26		2:02PM 0.29	2:21AM 0.27		2:47PM 0.30	3:10AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	1	1	2	-	2	2	-	-
High °C	10	12	13	11	15	13	12	13	15	13	16	16	15	18	17	14	12	13	9	11	12	12
Low °C	8	11	13	10	12	13	11	12	14	12	14	15	15	16	16	12	11	12	7	11	12	11
Chill °C (?)	9	11	11	8	14	11	11	11	14	11	14	14	14	18	16	12	9	10	6	8	9	10
Sunrise	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:24	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SE	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 E	3.5 SSE	1.4 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	10	10	10	11	13	13	13	12	12	10	10	12	10	10	10	12	12	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 S	0.2 E	0.5 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	1.3 ESE	1.3 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	12	11	11	8	7	7	7	7	8	12	8	24	21	12	18	10	11	15	15	10	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 NNE	-	0.4 E	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	1.7 NE	1.7 ENE	2.2 NE	1.7 ENE	-	0.6 S	1.1 S	2.1 S	3.0 S	4.0 S	2.5 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	6	4	5	6	7	8	8	-	4	5	8	10	10	11

	Sat	Sunday 18								Monday 19								Tuesday 20
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair 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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	2	3	2	2	2	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	8	8	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	277	285	511	295	228	217	165	154	131	123	201	203	207	99	83	76	203	200	255	308	326	221
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
Tide State(?)	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:02AM 1.80	4:21AM 1.72				4:39PM 1.63				5:03AM 1.74				5:20PM 1.63				5:45AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)	9:03PM 0.32	10:13PM 0.31				10:43AM 0.34			9:44PM 0.27	10:54PM 0.29				11:22AM 0.32				11:34PM 0.27				12:01PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	10	11	8	11	12	13	12	11	10	11	10	12	13	15	14	12	12	12	11	12	13
Chill °C (?)	11	10	10	7	11	11	11	10	9	8	9	8	11	11	14	12	11	11	12	11	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:23	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 S
Period (s)	8	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	1.1 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 NE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	6	12	8	11	11	11	11	10	10	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 17				Sunday 18
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair 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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	2	3	2	2	2	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	11	11	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	248	277	449	259	285	285	283	283	317	283	447	435	430	254	228	228	352	350	336	336	311	159
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)									3:27AM 1.75	4:21AM 1.72												4:39PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)			9:09PM 0.26	10:13PM 0.31												10:43AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	12	10	10	10	9	10	8	8	9	9	9	10	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	13
Chill °C (?)	11	10	10	10	10	10	8	9	8	7	7	8	8	10	11	10	9	10	9	9	9	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	6	12	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	11	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-