Otago Surf

Otago Surf Forecast

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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Otago Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Otago Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Otago Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Otago Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Otago Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Otago Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Otago Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Otago Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Otago Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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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	Sun		Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sun
	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	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Shag Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Wainakarua River Mouth Otago	Wainakarua River Mouth Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	3	0	5	3	6	5	3	3	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 S	3.5 S	3.0 SSE	3.5 S	2.5 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW
Period(s)	18	17	15	16	18	15	14	13	11	10	13	15	14	14	16	18	16	15	14	13	10	16
Energy	1228	1619	937	751	7288	4981	5973	3635	767	793	1003	1146	707	214	472	739	664	504	219	418	96	259
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		7:59PM 1.55	8:42AM 1.42		9:13PM 1.53	9:36AM 1.47		9:38PM 1.58	11:26AM 1.68		11:50PM 1.70		12:17PM 1.76	12:40AM 1.74	11:57AM 1.80		1:31AM 1.78		2:00PM 1.91	2:24AM 1.80		1:49PM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)		2:26AM 0.46		3:04PM 0.40		3:35AM 0.40	3:50PM 0.36		4:53AM 0.32	5:22PM 0.30		5:49AM 0.27		6:21PM 0.26	5:39AM 0.21		7:21PM 0.20	7:42AM 0.14		8:20PM 0.15	8:39AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	13	9	11	12	13	12	13	14	11	13	13	12	12	12	11	9	12	13	15	16
Low °C	14	12	12	9	9	10	12	10	10	13	10	12	13	10	10	11	10	9	11	12	12	14
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	4	7	10	11	10	12	14	10	12	12	11	10	11	10	6	12	12	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:17	-
Sunset	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 S	-	3.0 SSE	3.5 S	2.5 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	18	17	15	16	-	15	14	13	11	10	13	15	14	14	16	18	16	15	14	13	10	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	-	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	1.0 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	9	10	9	9	-	20	19	14	14	14	17	12	11	10	10	9	13	10	10	5	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.4 N	0.4 NW	1.8 SSW	3.5 S	0.6 W	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 NE	-	-	0.3 NE	0.9 NNE	0.8 NE	1.2 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	3	6	18	4	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	5	4	5	5	-	-

	Sunday 07			Monday 08								Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Wainakarua River Mouth Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Wainakarua River Mouth Otago	Wainakarua River Mouth Otago	Wainakarua River Mouth Otago	Wainakarua River Mouth Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	1	0	1	0	5	5	3	3	5	6	7	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.2 S	1.9 SSE	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.9 SSE	2.1 S
Period(s)	18	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	16	18	20	18	17	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12
Energy	1228	1459	1619	1619	487	857	937	3070	751	2542	9299	7288	7075	5979	4981	4269	5973	6296	4975	3635	1152	1344
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:59PM 1.55				8:42AM 1.42					9:13PM 1.53				9:36AM 1.47				9:38PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)	1:53PM 0.43				2:50AM 0.44					3:04PM 0.40				3:35AM 0.40				3:30PM 0.37				3:59AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	13	14	12	12	13	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	10	12	13	12	12	10	11	10
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	12	10	10	11	4	4	4	4	4	6	7	6	10	11	10	10	8	10	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	1.2 S	1.9 SSE	1.3 S	-	-	0.5 S	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.9 SSE	2.1 S
Period (s)	18	17	17	17	17	16	15	9	16	18	22	-	-	22	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	-	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	14	9	14	-	-	-	-	20	20	19	14	14	14	-	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 N	0.2 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	0.6 W	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	3	4	4	2	3	15	6	6	20	18	17	16	4	-	-	-	3	3	-	-

	Sunday 07											Monday 08
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	1	0	1	0	5	5	3	3	5	6	7	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 S
Period(s)	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15
Energy	929	1228	1228	1385	1528	1459	1639	1619	1619	1619	1619	1619	991	968	487	465	444	857	974	949	937	478
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)								7:59PM 1.55													8:42AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)		1:53PM 0.43													2:50AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	10	10	10	9	9	10	11	11	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 S
Period (s)	10	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	18	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.2 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 NNE	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	3	3	3