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

7 day 48 hour

	Tue		Wednesday 02			Thursday 03			Friday 04			Saturday 05			Sunday 06			Monday 07			Tue
	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 - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	3	4	4	3	1	2	1	4	3	3	2	5	4	3	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	1.7 ENE	2.5 NE	1.9 ENE	1.8 NE	1.4 ENE	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.2 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 E	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	16	15	14	13	12	8	9	9	9	10	13	12	10	9	9	14	8	13	15	15	15
Energy(?)	863	1834	1547	1191	591	290	339	1101	573	528	341	3983	2239	580	234	123	294	84	156	292	627	413
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		7:22PM	7:52AM		7:06PM	7:33AM		8:11PM	10:00AM		9:21PM	11:08AM		10:32PM	11:01AM		11:37PM	12:02PM 6:33AM		12:56AM		3:33PM
Low Tide / height (m)	1:01PM	1:33AM		2:52PM	1:32AM		1:55PM	2:38AM	4:29AM	4:56PM	3:45AM	5:35AM	6:00PM		4:49AM	5:29PM		5:48AM			9:01AM	7:16PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	2
High °C	12	12	14	13	14	17	17	16	22	21	14	14	12	12	15	15	13	18	15	10	10	10
Low °C	12	11	13	13	13	15	17	15	18	16	11	11	12	11	13	13	13	15	14	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	11	10	12	10	11	16	17	16	22	21	12	13	10	10	14	14	12	18	14	7	7	6
Sunrise	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:04	-
Sunset	7:28	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 NE	1.4 ENE	2.2 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.7 S	1.2 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 E	1.0 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	13	16	15	14	13	12	12	9	9	9	10	13	10	10	9	9	14	8	8	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.3 SW	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	16	15	16	15	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	10	16	11	10	9	6	8	13	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.4 NE	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.5 NE	-	-	1.2 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	0.6 NE	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	4	5	7	7	8	9	-	-	5	13	12	-	4	4	-	-	-	2	-	-

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	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	1	0	1	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	14	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	8	8	8
Energy(?)	863	1048	1794	1834	1952	1632	1547	1371	1191	1014	806	591	498	408	290	400	339	498
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:26PM 2.09			6:33AM 1.85					7:06PM 1.93				7:33AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)	1:01PM 0.08							12:52PM 0.10	2:52PM 0.07				3:28AM 0.14				1:55PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	11	12	12	12	13	14	13	13	14	13	14	14	15	15	17	17
Chill °C (?)	11	11	9	10	10	10	11	12	10	10	12	10	12	12	14	13	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	13	14	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	1.3 S	0.3 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	9	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.4 NE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	9	9	8	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8