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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	Wed		Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wed
	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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair 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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago
Rating	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	1	3	4	3	3	3	3	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	1.6 SSE	3.0 S	2.0 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.0 S	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 S	1.8 NE	2.3 NE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period(s)	14	14	15	17	17	13	13	12	12	11	12	12	15	7	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	11
Energy	3309	1011	4587	2122	1551	1414	1725	1240	824	277	350	219	105	531	1224	519	563	598	617	214	194	387
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		12:51AM 1.64		1:16PM 1.67	1:34AM 1.62		2:37PM 1.73	2:56AM 1.64		3:20PM 1.71		3:38AM 1.61	4:02PM 1.69		3:03AM 1.64	3:26PM 1.71		4:12AM 1.57	4:06PM 1.69		4:53AM 1.54	5:20PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)		6:34PM 0.31	6:32AM 0.29		7:20PM 0.34	8:32AM 0.29		9:00PM 0.32	9:14AM 0.30		9:41PM 0.33	9:54AM 0.31		9:06PM 0.40	9:33AM 0.23		10:09PM 0.41	10:19AM 0.37		10:54PM 0.43	11:04AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	4	3	8
High °C	9	9	11	14	11	12	11	10	9	11	10	12	15	15	14	12	11	11	11	10	9	8
Low °C	9	8	8	12	10	9	11	9	9	9	9	10	14	13	14	12	10	11	11	9	8	8
Chill °C (?)	7	8	8	14	10	12	11	9	7	10	7	10	14	15	13	10	9	11	11	10	7	5
Sunrise	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:08	-
Sunset	5:04	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	1.6 SSE	3.0 S	2.0 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.0 S	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	1.2 ENE	0.5 S	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	15	17	17	13	13	12	12	11	12	6	9	7	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 S
Period (s)	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	12	12	15	14	13	12	10	10	13	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.4 NE	1.0 NE	-	1.0 ENE	1.8 NE	2.3 NE	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	-	0.9 SE	1.7 SSE	2.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	9	3	5	-	6	7	9	3	4	4	-	5	6	7

	Wednesday 27			Thursday 28								Friday 29								Saturday 30
	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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops 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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	5	9	9	4	9	9	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	1.6 SSE	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.0 SSE	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	17	17	15	15	17	16	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	3309	9158	8966	1011	10688	12605	4587	4241	2122	3589	3206	1551	1175	1928	1414	1126	1725	1535	1405	1240	1094	972
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					12:04AM 1.84				1:16PM 1.67				1:34AM 1.62				2:37PM 1.73				2:56AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)			6:13PM 0.31				6:32AM 0.29				6:57PM 0.34				8:32AM 0.29				9:00PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	8	7	9	7	8	8	13	14	12	11	11	10	9	9	12	11	11	10	10	9	9
Chill °C (?)	7	5	4	8	4	6	5	13	14	10	9	11	10	8	7	12	11	10	9	10	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.6 SSE	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.0 SSE	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	14	14	14	15	15	17	17	15	15	17	16	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	-	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	14	14	-	14	14	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 27											Thursday 28
	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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui 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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	5	9	9	4	9	9	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	1.9 SSE	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	15	15	15
Energy	3350	3302	3309	3523	1976	9158	9594	8775	8966	1011	1011	1011	1165	11053	10688	1469	11363	12605	13139	4745	4587	4647
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)													12:51AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)							6:12PM 0.31												6:52AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	9	9	9	9	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	9
Chill °C (?)	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	8	9	8	8	3	4	7	3	6	6	5	5	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	1.9 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	-	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	14	14	-	14	14	14	4	4	4