Best surf spots in Dunedin / Otago

A genuinely world class beach break at the mouth of Otago Harbour, where the sandbars off the Mole throw big, punchy, hollow peaks up and down the beach when a clean swell meets a southwest wind.

A long, wally right-hand point that peels along a rocky bay onto sand and seems to keep on going. It only fires on a big northeast swell, but when it does it is one of the best waves in Otago.

Dunedin's home break and one of New Zealand's most consistent city beaches, with sand peaks down the Esplanade and a hollow right that wraps the rocky point by the old saltwater pool.

A right hand river-mouth bar off the Huriawa Peninsula that peels into long reeling walls when the sand banks up, with a heavy outer reef on the point for surfers chasing a serious project.

A consistent sandy beach break on the wild outer edge of the Otago Peninsula, with shifting peaks and the very real chance of sharing the lineup with a hauled-out sea lion.

The longest beach on the Otago Peninsula, a punchy ocean-side beach break that picks up more NE and E swell than St Clair, earned at the end of a committing walk across a wildlife reserve.

A scatter of punchy beach peaks and a few reefs tucked under Cape Wanbrow, where North Otago's whitestone town meets the sea and a small, committed crew shares plenty of empty water.

A shifting river-mouth bar that fires when a south or southeast swell lines up the east coast, with Moturata Island standing guard just offshore and almost no one out to share it.