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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	Thu		Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thu
	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 - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Wainakarua River Mouth Otago	Dunedin - Bobs 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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	0	4	4	4	2	1	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 NE	0.9 E	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	0.8 ENE	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 S	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s)	6	7	8	7	9	8	8	9	9	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	12	12	14	17	16	14
Energy	318	93	88	227	255	78	324	287	2275	1308	1224	265	324	3685	3907	2795	1010	1646	1633	1193	1452	949
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	5:46PM 1.63	6:11PM 1.60	6:27AM 1.46		6:01PM 1.63	6:25AM 1.54		8:35PM 1.58	7:30AM 1.45		7:59PM 1.55	8:45AM 1.43		8:47PM 1.55	10:37AM 1.60		11:01PM 1.65	11:26AM 1.68		11:50PM 1.70		12:17PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		12:34AM 0.46		12:19PM 0.30	12:45AM 0.38		1:56PM 0.39	2:27AM 0.41		2:42PM 0.39	2:26AM 0.46		3:04PM 0.40		4:01AM 0.36	4:24PM 0.34		4:53AM 0.32	5:22PM 0.30		5:49AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	15	14	13	11	11	9	10	12	14	15	17	8	8	12	11	15	15	13	14	14
Low °C	13	13	12	12	10	11	11	7	7	11	12	12	11	6	7	12	10	13	15	12	14	14
Chill °C (?)	15	13	15	14	13	8	9	5	8	10	12	14	16	4	7	12	9	14	15	12	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	-
Sunset	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	0.9 E	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	0.8 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.5 ENE	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.2 ESE	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 S	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	6	7	8	7	9	8	7	8	9	9	17	16	16	13	16	15	12	12	14	11	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.5 ENE	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.2 E	-	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.5 S	0.3 S	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	13	12	9	12	11	8	14	9	18	10	14	10	-	12	12	17	16	12	17	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NE	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 SW	-	0.2 W	0.2 WNW	0.3 W	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	6	8	9	9	-	4	2	2	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 04			Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	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 - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	0.8 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 ENE	1.3 NE	0.8 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 SW	1.5 SW	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 SSW
Period(s)	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	12	7	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	9	8	9
Energy	318	292	105	93	105	364	88	270	227	244	258	255	225	225	78	140	324	58	58	287	319	571
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
Tide State	-	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	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)		5:46PM 1.63	6:11PM 1.60				6:27AM 1.46				6:01PM 1.63				6:25AM 1.54				7:31PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)					12:34AM 0.46				12:19PM 0.30				12:45AM 0.38				1:56PM 0.39				2:27AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	13	14	13	13	12	12	14	14	12	13	13	12	10	11	10	11	10	8	7	7	7
Chill °C (?)	15	13	13	12	12	11	11	14	14	11	13	12	10	7	8	8	9	8	4	2	2	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	10	8	8	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	10	10	9	13	13	12	12	9	9	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	8	8	15	14	10	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	0.4 NNW	-	0.3 NNW	1.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	1.5 SW	-	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	6	7	3	-	3	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	6	7	8	-	10	9	8	9

	Thursday 04											Friday 05
	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 - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period(s)	6	10	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	8	8	8
Energy	222	206	318	325	305	292	293	298	105	103	93	93	95	103	105	110	349	364	361	121	88	87
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						5:46PM 1.63													6:02AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)													12:34AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	14	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	11	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	10	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	-	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.3 NW	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	6	6	6	7	7	7	3	3	-	-	-	-	3	3	7	7	7	2	-	-