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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	Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tue
	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	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago
Rating	2	4	5	5	5	6	5	5	4	4	5	4	3	3	2	2	1	3	3	3	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.7 SSE	2.1 S	2.4 SW	2.2 SSW	1.5 S	1.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.7 NE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 NE
Period(s)	12	10	14	14	14	13	16	15	17	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	8	9	9	10	11
Energy	297	1356	3456	3732	3048	7327	4574	4140	1602	1535	3114	1369	606	617	399	313	124	553	829	676	3420	5485
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	11:21AM 1.68		11:43PM 1.68	11:41AM 1.86		12:04AM 1.84		12:54PM 1.70	1:34AM 1.62		1:36PM 1.71	2:56AM 1.64		3:20PM 1.71		3:38AM 1.61	2:58PM 1.74		3:36AM 1.59	3:39PM 1.73		4:15AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		5:26PM 0.28		6:02AM 0.20		6:26PM 0.29	6:33AM 0.29		7:20PM 0.34	7:14AM 0.31		9:00PM 0.32	7:54AM 0.32		9:41PM 0.33	9:54AM 0.31		9:27PM 0.39	9:42AM 0.35		10:16PM 0.41	10:23AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	9	7	7	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	9	8	8	8	8	12	12	15	15	15	14
Low °C	7	8	6	7	10	9	9	10	10	8	10	7	5	8	7	7	10	11	13	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	6	7	5	6	9	8	8	8	10	9	11	8	8	6	5	5	11	11	14	15	15	14
Sunrise	8:03	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:06
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	1.2 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.2 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.7 SSE	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.2 SSW	1.5 S	1.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.2 SSW	2.3 E	3.0 ENE
Period (s)	12	10	14	14	14	14	16	15	17	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	8	9	13	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.0 S	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 N	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	11	15	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	0.6 W	-	-	-	2.4 SW	-	-	0.1 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	1.7 NE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 NE
Period (s)	5	10	-	-	-	13	3	-	-	-	12	-	-	9	4	5	5	8	9	9	10	11

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	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	8	6	9	9	5	4	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 S	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.1 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.7 SSE
Period(s)	12	11	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	16	17	15	15	15	17
Energy	297	697	1356	3608	3160	3456	3224	4310	3732	3348	3048	1758	7831	7327	8044	11208	4574	2476	4140	3730	3168	1602
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:20AM 1.68				11:43PM 1.68				11:41AM 1.86					12:48AM 1.62				12:54PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)				5:35PM 0.27					6:02AM 0.20				6:12PM 0.31				6:33AM 0.29				6:57PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	8	9	9	7	6	6	6	7	7	10	9	8	10	10	9	9	13	11	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	5	6	7	6	5	4	4	4	6	6	9	7	5	8	9	7	6	12	8	8	8	10
Sunrise	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.1 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	12	11	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	16	17	15	15	15	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.7 S	1.0 S	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	11	15	15	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	-	1.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	0.6 W	-	-	-	0.4 W	-
Period (s)	5	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	14	14	3	-	-	-	3	-

	Tuesday 26																	Wednesday 27
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	8	6	9	9	5	4	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 S	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.3 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S
Period(s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	14	10	10	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	388	285	297	515	589	697	697	2002	1356	1356	2891	3608	3786	4290	3160	3160	3204	3456	3224	3224	3224	3001
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)						11:20AM 1.68												11:43PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)												5:35PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5
Chill °C (?)	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	2
Sunrise	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	2.3 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	14	10	10	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.3 ENE	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	10	11	11	16	16	15	15	10	15	15	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	5	6	6	-	-	11	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-