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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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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	Fri	Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19
	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Wainakarua River Mouth Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	5	6	4	3	4	3	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 SSW	1.6 S	1.1 SSE	2.5 SSW	2.4 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 S
Period(s)	16	15	14	13	12	12	14	17	16	15	13	12	12	13	12	11	14	13	15	13	13	15
Energy	339	633	589	591	517	234	272	2993	1201	726	748	707	3692	5274	1166	671	1010	3163	3488	3052	2665	1642
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:31AM 1.78		2:00PM 1.91	2:24AM 1.80		2:54PM 1.95	2:13AM 1.89		2:46PM 2.07		4:14AM 1.81	4:46PM 1.96		4:02AM 1.93	4:36PM 2.07		5:21AM 1.86	5:56PM 1.98		7:14AM 1.75		7:47PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)		6:52AM 0.15		8:20PM 0.15	8:39AM 0.08		8:05PM 0.12	8:22AM 0.01		9:01PM 0.09	10:29AM 0.02		9:58PM 0.09	10:18AM -0.03		12:00AM 0.09	11:41AM -0.00		11:55PM 0.12		1:13PM 0.10	1:47AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	10	9	13	17	13	10	10	9	7	9	8	9	8	8	11	11	6	7	10	10
Low °C	8	10	10	9	9	15	9	10	9	5	6	8	7	8	8	6	7	8	4	6	8	8
Chill °C (?)	8	8	9	6	12	17	12	7	8	8	6	7	6	7	5	5	10	8	3	6	9	8
Sunrise	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 S	1.1 SSE	1.3 S	2.4 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 S
Period (s)	16	15	14	13	12	12	14	17	16	9	10	12	13	13	12	11	14	14	15	13	13	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	-	0.1 SE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SW	0.4 S	1.1 S	-	1.2 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE
Period (s)	12	10	10	18	16	16	10	-	12	15	13	14	13	13	20	15	14	-	16	20	19	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 NNE	0.5 N	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	0.7 WSW	0.3 WNW	0.3 NW	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	4	4	3	4	-	-	-	-	12	13	4	3	2	13	-	-	-	4

	Fri	Saturday 13								Sunday 14								Monday 15
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach 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 - 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	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 S	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.2 S
Period(s)	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	15	14	14	14	14	17	17
Energy	257	339	512	593	633	624	589	593	569	591	639	611	517	559	234	206	510	272	545	1791	2993	852
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			12:22AM 1.76				2:00PM 1.91				2:24AM 1.80				2:54PM 1.95				2:12AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)	7:21PM 0.20				6:52AM 0.15				8:20PM 0.15				8:39AM 0.08								8:22AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	13	17	15	14	10	10	9	10	11
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	8	8	10	9	7	6	7	7	7	8	12	17	15	13	9	8	6	7	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.2 S
Period (s)	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	14	14	14	14	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 NE	0.5 S	0.2 ENE	1.0 SSW	-	0.2 E
Period (s)	6	12	7	7	10	10	10	9	20	18	18	18	16	16	16	15	4	10	5	18	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.7 NNE	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	6

	Friday 12					Saturday 13
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach 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 - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s)	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14
Energy	263	260	257	249	500	339	571	512	512	541	534	593	670	703	633	624	633	624	603	603	589	613
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							12:05AM 1.86													2:00PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)		7:21PM 0.20											6:52AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	9	9	9	10	9	11	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	10	8	8	8	9	8	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	12	6	6	7	7	11	7	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-