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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Otago Wavefinder

7 day 48 hour

	Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tuesday 22			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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Shag 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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach 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
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	8	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ESE	1.5 E	1.6 ESE	2.1 E	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 E	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	12	12	11	16	11	11	11	15	16	11	10	15	15	15	15	14	15	12	12
Energy(?)	435	517	681	1312	1029	737	643	486	544	572	544	683	313	281	474	568	309	706	2118	702	409	416
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			6:56PM 1.71	7:20AM 1.66		7:51PM 1.68	8:20AM 1.67		8:52PM 1.66	10:42AM 1.96		11:08PM 1.89	11:42AM 1.79		12:07AM 1.70		12:38PM 1.83	1:11AM 1.88		1:33PM 1.86	1:56AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)		12:50PM 0.23	1:21AM 0.29		1:45PM 0.26	2:16AM 0.28		3:06PM 0.27		5:05AM 0.26	5:33PM 0.30		5:08AM 0.21	5:48PM 0.25		6:11AM 0.18		7:44PM 0.22	7:14AM 0.15		7:55PM 0.19	7:26AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	11	7	8	9	7	8	11	7	10	11	10	9	11	9	9	11	9	13	14	13	13
Low °C	8	8	5	6	8	6	7	8	6	8	11	8	6	9	8	8	10	9	11	13	11	11
Chill °C (?)	6	8	3	5	8	6	5	11	4	9	11	9	8	11	7	7	10	7	12	14	12	12
Sunrise	8:15	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07
Sunset	-	5:14	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.5 E	1.6 ESE	2.1 E	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 E
Period (s)	10	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	15	15	15	15	14	10	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.0 S
Period (s)	14	13	12	12	8	8	16	16	18	16	15	16	15	15	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	-	-	-	-	0.8 SW	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	0.3 NE	0.8 NNE	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	7	8	-	-	-	-	7	-	4	-	-	4	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 16							Thursday 17								Friday 18
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair 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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.8 E	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	16	11	11	11
Energy(?)	506	496	435	452	469	396	457	821	814	1016	1051	1016	1029	897	750	737	634	540	643	572	572	657
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			6:26AM 1.67				6:56PM 1.71				8:41AM 1.94					9:18PM 1.67				9:47AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	12:30AM 0.29				12:50PM 0.23				1:22AM 0.29	3:12AM 0.30			2:43PM 0.23					4:07AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	8	8	9	9	7	6	6	6	5	5	8	9	8	7	6	6	5	7	8	9	9
Chill °C (?)	6	4	5	6	6	3	2	3	3	1	2	5	8	6	6	4	4	3	4	5	6	8
Sunrise	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.8 E	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	17	16	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SW	0.4 W	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	3	4	5	6	6	7	7	7	8	3	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3