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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	Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Mon
	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	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	2	3	3	2	2	3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	2.1 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	6	7	6	7	12	13	7	7	8	8	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	11	10
Energy(?)	195	74	74	135	61	71	52	363	347	163	359	473	539	368	302	177	368	192	143	656	38	40
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:49PM 1.75	8:52AM 1.83		9:12PM 1.67	9:08AM 1.88		10:01PM 1.67	11:39AM 1.73		12:06AM 1.66	12:32PM 1.71		12:57AM 1.67		1:21PM 1.70	1:45AM 1.68		2:06PM 1.68	2:30AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)		2:41PM 0.19	2:11AM 0.17		2:52PM 0.67	3:30AM 0.20		3:53PM 0.28		5:06AM 0.27	5:01PM 0.25		6:09AM 0.30	6:44PM 0.31		7:09AM 0.31		7:38PM 0.30	8:02AM 0.31		8:25PM 0.29	7:54AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	12	12	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	10	18	15	10	13	11	10	14	14	11	15
Low °C	16	20	9	10	10	10	12	12	11	12	11	10	16	8	8	11	11	9	12	13	10	13
Chill °C (?)	19	20	10	11	9	8	10	10	10	9	10	8	17	14	6	12	9	7	12	12	8	13
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	8:38	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.4 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.5 E
Period (s)	12	12	7	6	7	7	7	7	12	8	8	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	12	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.8 NNE	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	18	9	8	12	13	13	8	12	12	13	10	5	13	14	8	7	12	-	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.3 SW	-	0.7 NE	1.6 NE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	-	0.8 NNE	0.5 WSW	1.1 SW	-	-	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.1 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	4	6	-	4	6	7	7	3	5	-	4	3	9	-	-	5	7	9	-	-

	Monday 10					Tuesday 11								Wednesday 12								Thu
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Warrington Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills 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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Campbells Bay Otago
Rating	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.4 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 NE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	7	8	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	7
Energy(?)	113	177	251	215	75	86	59	279	83	61	112	79	49	71	79	81	52	42	37	33	30	519
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:23AM 1.92				8:24PM 2.30				8:28AM 1.85					10:10PM 1.65				10:42AM 1.75				10:26PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)			1:49PM 0.23				2:26AM 0.14				3:02PM 0.23					4:02AM 0.23				4:42PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	14	19	21	16	11	10	9	14	13	11	10	10	10	11	11	12	13	12	12	11	12
Chill °C (?)	16	12	19	21	16	8	7	7	14	12	9	9	8	7	8	8	9	10	9	9	8	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.5 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.4 E
Period (s)	12	12	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	7	7	6	6	7	13	7	7	13	13	13	12	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	0.5 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 SE	-	0.3 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	10	-	12	10	12	-	10	7	7	9	8	8	8	12	7	13	13	7	7	8	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	1.4 NE	1.2 ENE	1.4 NE	0.9 NE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	1.1 NE	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	2.1 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	7

	Monday 10																Tuesday 11
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Warrington Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills 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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Campbells Bay Otago
Rating	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.5 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.5 SSW	1.2 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	5	5	6	6	12	6	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	4	4	5	5	6	6
Energy(?)	115	247	195	68	21	71	67	145	248	74	274	299	294	65	63	71	28	44	59	88	101	146
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	7:23AM 1.92	8:37AM 1.82													9:07PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)																					3:01AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	2	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	16	16	20	18	14	21	18	16	16	16	14	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	11
Chill °C (?)	13	10	16	15	20	18	12	21	18	16	16	15	12	11	9	9	8	8	6	7	5	8
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.5 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	5	12	12	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	-
Period (s)	10	-	10	9	12	9	9	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	18	18	18	10	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	1.5 NE	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.3 NE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 S
Period (s)	6	6	6	5	2	6	6	-	6	6	-	11	11	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	6