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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	Thu		Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thu
	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	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	1	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.0 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	1.1 E	1.5 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	2.1 E
Period(s) (?)	16	14	14	16	14	6	13	12	9	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	277	306	347	179	88	116	45	66	34	174	293	160	76	105	137	147	87	289	380	558	506	716
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	off	on	cross- on	glass	on	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		8:56PM 1.54	7:39AM 1.78		9:48PM 1.57	10:15AM 1.64		10:42PM 1.62	11:08AM 1.67		11:35PM 1.69	10:38AM 1.63		12:30AM 1.77	11:39AM 1.67		1:24AM 1.84		1:48PM 1.77	2:18AM 1.91		2:41PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)		2:49AM 0.33		3:18PM 0.35	3:37AM 0.33		4:07PM 0.33		4:30AM 0.32	4:24PM 0.34		4:31AM 0.32	5:56PM 0.27		5:30AM 0.29	6:14PM 0.23		7:34AM 0.23		7:56PM 0.16	8:35AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	2	-	5	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	2	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	13	14	10	12	13	10	11	13	11	12	14	11	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	16
Low °C	13	11	13	12	7	12	13	7	11	12	10	11	13	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	13	14
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	14	10	11	12	10	10	12	10	11	13	9	11	10	10	9	9	10	13	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	9:29	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:32
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.0 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.4 S	1.8 E	2.1 E
Period (s)	9	14	14	16	14	6	13	12	12	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	6	7	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.6 NE	0.3 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 SE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	16	5	6	8	4	13	8	4	9	12	12	13	9	9	8	8	5	15	8	13	15	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 E	1.1 E	1.5 E	1.8 E	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	5	2	6	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	9	4	4	9	9	9	-	-

	Thursday 25			Friday 26								Saturday 27								Sunday 28
	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	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui 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
Rating	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SE	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	15	9	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	50	236	67	182	292	270	347	151	262	283	213	88	84	92	60	142	45	46	55	41	53	45
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:19PM 1.70				9:23AM 1.63				9:48PM 1.57				8:45AM 1.61					10:42PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)	1:52PM 0.84				2:49AM 0.33				3:18PM 0.35				3:37AM 0.33					4:07PM 0.33				4:30AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	13	12	11	12	12	13	14	13	12	11	8	9	9	13	12	13	13	11	10	8	9
Chill °C (?)	21	12	11	9	11	11	12	13	12	11	11	6	7	7	13	11	12	12	11	9	6	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47
Sunset	-	9:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.8 ENE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	5	5	5	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	6	6	13	13	4	4	4	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	4	9	15	15	5	6	6	6	9	3	9	4	7	7	13	13	8	7	13	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	1.0 ENE	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	-	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	3	5	4	-	-	-	-	6	5	-	4	2	4	5	6	6	4	4	4	-	4	4

	Thursday 25										Friday 26
	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	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui 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
Rating	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	16	9	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	52	297	92	277	373	364	364	193	311	340	306	182	181	167	166	312	131	131	133	129	130	134
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)								8:56PM 1.54													9:23AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)	1:52PM 0.84	2:33PM 0.36												2:49AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	13	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	10	10	11	12	13	14
Chill °C (?)	21	11	13	11	12	10	11	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	11	9	9	10	12	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	15	15	15	5	5	5	14	5	5	5	5	14	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	4	16	16	16	9	9	9	15	15	15	5	15	15	15	15	6	4	4	4	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.8 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	3	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6