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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	Thu	Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	4	0	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	0	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 NE	0.2 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	13	13	14	13	13	12	10	12	14	12	12	12	11	10	10	17	16	16	15	15	14
Energy(?)	70	37	429	364	447	327	218	780	1619	10432	1915	2915	1169	948	709	664	579	418	287	69	100	40
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:20AM 1.77	12:22PM 1.69	1:21PM 1.73	1:53AM 1.86	1:00PM 1.82	2:16PM 1.77	2:12AM 1.89		3:09PM 1.81	3:38AM 1.91		2:58PM 1.88	3:25AM 1.96		4:50PM 1.84		5:16AM 1.88	4:26PM 1.88		5:10AM 1.82	6:26PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)		6:11AM 0.32		7:29PM 0.25	7:31AM 0.17		7:48PM 0.11	9:09AM 0.23		9:28PM 0.15	10:00AM 0.19		9:07PM 0.03	9:34AM 0.11		11:07PM 0.13	11:32AM 0.17		10:38PM 0.08	11:23AM 0.16		12:36AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	11	11	17	13	13	12	10	11	12	8	10	13	14	15	16	18	20	22	17
Low °C	10	12	12	8	10	14	12	11	11	8	10	11	7	9	11	13	15	16	15	19	22	14
Chill °C (?)	10	11	11	11	11	17	12	10	8	7	8	10	6	10	12	12	15	15	18	20	22	16
Sunrise	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.5 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 S	0.2 ESE	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	8	5	13	14	13	13	12	15	10	14	12	12	12	11	10	10	9	16	16	8	6	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	2.1 SSW	0.1 E	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	13	7	7	7	9	8	7	10	12	-	12	12	11	11	11	18	10	9	8	12	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 SW	0.5 NE	1.0 NE
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	10	12	14	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	6	6	10

	Thu	Friday 27								Saturday 28								Sunday 01
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	1	2	1	2	2	0	0	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	4	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 E	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.9 SW	0.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	13	13	13	13	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	10	10
Energy(?)	83	246	51	388	366	67	33	518	500	493	486	370	283	252	457	442	518	283	1254	204	780	890
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:57PM 1.78									1:53AM 1.86				2:16PM 1.77				1:53AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)									7:29PM 0.25				7:09AM 0.25				8:32PM 0.20				9:09AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-
Temp. °C	11	11	9	8	11	12	12	12	11	11	10	8	11	16	12	13	14	12	12	13	11	13
Chill °C (?)	10	10	7	6	9	11	11	12	10	10	9	7	10	16	11	12	13	10	10	13	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.0 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 S	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	8	13	5	5	13	6	5	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	15	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	8	12	7	16	7	6	6	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 S	-	-	1.0 SSW	1.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 W	1.9 SW	-	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	5	-	-	13	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	2	12	-	10	10

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	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	1	2	1	2	2	0	0	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	4	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 NE	0.3 SSW	0.5 E	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	13	13	13	8	13	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	13	16	16
Energy(?)	92	127	92	92	68	50	72	381	354	354	361	239	187	176	821	821	875	281	67	52	258	258
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					11:32PM 1.83	12:56AM 1.82												12:22PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)												6:11AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	8	9	9	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	9	10	9	8	9	10	11	9	8	8	8	6	8	8	9	9	9	12	12	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 S	0.5 E	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	5	8	13	13	13	8	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	6	5	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	9	13	13	13	13	8	9	8	8	8	9	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	12	7	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	-	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	-	-	1.0 SSW	-	-	-	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	-	5	5	-	-	13	-	-	-	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-