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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	Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Moeraki Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	0	3	2	0	3	1	0	5	3	0	2	1	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.6 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	0.9 S	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	17	16	14	14	11	12	11	8	16	15	6	14	13	13	8	8	12	7	14	18	16
Energy(?)	880	832	552	187	168	86	253	164	547	352	614	109	301	5064	4402	192	3	31	78	41	170	93
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:22PM 1.77		4:48AM 1.84	4:44PM 1.88		6:42AM 1.78		7:03PM 1.75	7:29AM 1.75			6:59AM 1.73		7:25PM 1.74	9:20AM 1.67		8:53PM 1.67	9:19AM 1.57		10:54PM 1.75	11:22AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)	10:42AM 0.23		10:35PM 0.12	10:59AM 0.20		12:30AM 0.19	12:53PM 0.23		1:14AM 0.20		1:37PM 0.23	1:19AM 0.25		2:23PM 0.25	1:51AM 0.29		3:14PM 0.27	3:22AM 0.33		4:11PM 0.29		4:50AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	18	15	15	14	16	10	14	14	14	13	14	13	16	16	16	13	14	13	15
Low °C	14	14	14	15	14	12	12	14	9	12	13	12	13	12	10	12	15	14	13	13	12	13
Chill °C (?)	12	14	13	18	14	15	12	16	6	13	11	14	10	12	10	15	14	16	12	14	13	14
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05
Sunset	-	8:45	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.6 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.6 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	0.9 S	0.6 S	1.1 NE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	8	7	7	11	12	11	11	8	8	6	9	13	13	8	8	6	7	6	7	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.4 SE	0.6 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NE
Period (s)	8	7	16	14	14	8	11	14	13	10	15	9	14	9	9	12	12	12	10	14	13	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.7 SW	0.4 S	1.4 SSW	-	1.3 NE	-	1.1 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	0.3 NW	0.7 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	4	8	-	4	-	6	13	13	-	5	6	3	4	-	-

	Wednesday 18							Thursday 19								Friday 20
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Moeraki Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SE	2.4 SE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 ESE	1.1 SW	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	1.0 ESE	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.1 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	9	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	6	7	11	9	11	13	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	1064	1187	1015	1114	832	503	511	552	255	203	244	263	225	54	206	246	69	215	320	494	582	545
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		4:09AM 1.83				5:32PM 1.74				5:57AM 1.80				6:16PM 1.75				5:51AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)				10:19AM 0.22				11:47PM 0.20				11:17AM 0.26				12:30AM 0.19				12:53PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	1
Temp. °C	14	12	14	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	15	16	19	14	13	13	12	12	14	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	14	10	13	16	14	14	13	13	14	13	15	15	19	14	12	13	11	11	12	12	10	9
Sunrise	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SE	2.4 SE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 S	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 SW	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SW	0.5 ESE	1.1 SW	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	1.0 ESE	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	9	9	7	8	8	7	14	7	7	7	11	9	11	13	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.0 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 E	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	20	19	8	8	7	8	8	16	7	8	7	14	8	8	8	11	8	11	8	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	-	1.5 S	1.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SW	0.2 NNE	0.8 SW	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 WSW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	8	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	7	-	-	3	2	8	8	7

	Wednesday 18
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Moeraki Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SE	2.5 SE	1.9 ESE	2.4 SE	1.9 ESE	2.2 SE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.8 SSW	1.5 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.2 SE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	18	9	17	16	17	9	8	9	16	16	16
Energy(?)	1092	1782	1060	1286	1027	1216	1096	898	1015	1002	992	947	1058	871	763	811	757	257	28	409	406	406
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	on	glass	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				4:09AM 1.83													5:32PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)											11:32AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	14	15	14	14	17	14	15	14	14	16	15	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	13	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	13	14	13	13	17	13	14	14	14	16	15	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SE	2.5 SE	1.9 ESE	2.4 SE	1.9 ESE	2.2 SE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	1.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.3 S	0.5 SW	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 S	0.8 SSW	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	21	20	8	19	12	19	12	8	8	8	18	18	8	7	16	7	8	9	9	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.7 S	0.5 SW	-	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	-	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	-	1.1 S	-	1.3 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	11	-	8	8	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	-	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	-