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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs 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	2	2	0	0	0	4	2	2	4	3	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	2.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.7 E	1.5 E	0.6 SSW	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.0 S	1.4 ENE	0.8 S	1.3 E
Period(s) (?)	6	6	7	7	6	12	13	7	8	8	8	10	10	14	9	9	10	9	14	9	10	9
Energy(?)	319	171	125	215	225	68	58	734	422	207	402	655	467	169	518	175	280	236	400	322	138	338
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:49PM 1.75	8:06AM 1.91		9:12PM 1.67	9:08AM 1.88		9:41PM 1.81	11:39AM 1.73		12:06AM 1.66	11:33AM 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		5:12AM 0.27	6:44PM 0.31		7:09AM 0.31		7:38PM 0.30	8:02AM 0.31		8:25PM 0.29	7:33AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	12	12	11	11	13	15	12	12	12	9	18	9	8	13	11	10	14	14	11	15
Low °C	16	20	10	10	10	10	12	13	11	12	11	8	16	9	7	11	11	9	12	13	10	13
Chill °C (?)	19	20	9	11	9	8	10	13	10	9	10	8	17	6	4	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	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	1.9 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.4 ENE	1.3 E
Period (s)	6	6	7	7	6	7	7	13	8	8	8	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	14	12	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.8 NE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 ENE	1.3 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	12	12	18	8	9	12	13	-	12	9	12	13	15	14	13	7	8	9	9	12	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 NE	1.2 NE	1.7 SW	-	1.4 SSW	0.6 NE	1.6 NE	2.5 ENE	-	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	0.9 NNE	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW	-	0.4 NE	0.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	-
Period (s)	6	6	5	-	6	8	6	7	-	4	5	-	4	5	9	-	2	4	9	9	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	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Warrington Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton 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 - Ocean View Otago
Rating	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NE	0.8 SSW	1.3 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.1 NE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.5 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	2.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	6	12	6	11	6	7	7	6	7	7	12	6	6	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	8
Energy(?)	319	177	297	274	107	99	74	329	215	185	246	99	56	68	78	65	58	43	33	34	31	1014
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	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	high	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				8:06AM 1.91				8:55PM 1.70	10:10PM 1.65				10:42AM 1.75				10:01PM 1.67
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	16	16	11	10	9	12	13	11	10	10	10	11	11	12	13	12	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	16	12	19	15	16	8	7	7	11	12	9	9	8	7	8	8	9	10	9	9	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	6	12	6	11	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	13	13	13	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	-	0.5 SSW	0.3 NE	0.1 SE	-	0.2 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.8 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	-	12	9	12	-	11	7	8	9	9	8	8	12	13	13	13	7	-	8	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 ENE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SW	-	1.1 SW	-	-	-	0.6 NE	1.0 NE	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	4	6	6	-	7	-	-	-	8	4	5	6	7	7	8	8	8

	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	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Warrington Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton 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 - Ocean View Otago
Rating	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 NE	0.9 SSW	0.5 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	6	12	5	6	6	6	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	5	5	5	6	6	6
Energy(?)	195	247	319	380	22	67	67	162	417	74	282	62	61	63	61	39	93	98	108	103	129	207
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	7:23AM 1.92	8:37AM 1.82											7:49PM 1.75		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	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	2	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	16	12	20	18	14	21	15	16	16	16	14	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	9
Chill °C (?)	13	10	16	9	20	18	12	21	14	16	16	15	13	11	9	9	8	8	6	7	5	6
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 SSW	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	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	6	12	5	12	12	6	6	6	11	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.6 SSW	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 NE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	12	10	12	9	9	12	12	11	9	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	1.5 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	1.3 NE	1.4 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	3	6	6	-	6	6	6	6	6	3	3	3	5	5	5	6	6	6