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.

Otago Surf Forecast

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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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Otago Wavefinder

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	Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wed
	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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago
Rating	2	1	2	2	1	3	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	3	2	4	3	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ENE	1.8 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	12	14	14	13	13	12	12	9	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	15	14	14	13
Energy(?)	219	470	203	390	118	530	229	249	59	58	26	47	180	243	581	444	1632	680	1475	1191	822	303
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		3:56PM	3:44AM	4:07AM	4:21PM		4:49AM	4:50PM		6:50AM		7:08PM	7:38AM	6:43PM	8:03PM	8:33AM 4:43PM		7:36PM	5:31AM	6:32PM		5:38AM
Low Tide / height (m)			10:05PM	10:19AM		10:55PM	11:03AM		1:24AM			1:17AM			2:07AM		1:33PM	2:01AM	11:49AM		12:36AM	12:00PM 8:13PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	21	14	12	14	14	16	14	14	17	16	16	12	13	15	17	20	13	13	14	14	24
Low °C	14	19	12	12	14	14	15	14	12	15	16	12	12	12	13	16	17	12	12	14	13	19
Chill °C (?)	14	21	13	11	12	12	16	13	13	17	16	16	10	11	15	17	20	11	11	12	12	24
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:37
Sunset	-	9:15	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:09	-	-	9:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	12	14	14	13	13	12	12	9	9	9	12	13	13	12	12	15	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.5 SSW	0.2 E	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	13	9	8	8	8	10	6	5	9	9	6	12	15	9	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	-	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.8 SSW	-	0.4 NNE	-	2.4 SW	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-
Period (s)	3	8	8	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	2	12	-	3	-	12	-	-	-	3	-

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	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 (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.8 SW	0.9 ENE	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	301	269	219	135	470	102	269	203	67	50	390	397	118	118	501	530	312	299
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:42AM 1.80				3:38PM 1.75					5:17AM 2.05				4:21PM 1.81				4:49AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)			9:46AM 0.19				9:47PM 0.12	10:05PM 0.17				11:29AM 0.21				11:44PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	14	21	21	16	14	14	12	12	12	12	14	16	14	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	17	16	12	21	21	16	14	13	12	12	11	10	12	15	12	13	12	13
Sunrise	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:14	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	8	8	6	8	8	8	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	16	8	8	9	10	5	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 NE	1.6 NE	0.5 SW	0.2 S	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	-	-	-	0.7 NE	0.8 ENE	1.0 NE	1.3 NE	1.1 NE	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	3	3	8	8	7	8	-	-	-	8	4	5	5	5	-	-