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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	Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Fri
	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 - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	0	2	2	2	1	2	2	0	1	0	3	2	1	2	2	0	3	3	3	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 NNE	1.1 NE	1.0 SW	1.0 SSE	2.5 SSW	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	7	9	14	14	5	7	10	7	10	10	10	10	9	9	11	16	13	13	14	13	12
Energy(?)	106	510	368	195	165	58	151	397	115	2434	696	805	276	178	211	84	65	682	589	306	380	160
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	off	glass	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			10:09PM 1.66	9:00AM 1.82		11:02PM 1.64	10:11AM 1.54		11:53PM 1.63	12:14PM 1.59		12:41AM 1.63	12:05PM 1.49	1:01PM 1.57	12:37AM 1.56			1:39AM 1.59		1:59PM 1.51	2:57AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)		3:35PM 0.31	3:59AM 0.35		4:26PM 0.37			5:19PM 0.41		5:50AM 0.45	5:17PM 0.45		5:46AM 0.50			7:42AM 0.46	6:57PM 0.35	7:08PM 0.43	7:30AM 0.38		8:47PM 0.38	9:19AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	3	10	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	15	14	14	21	21	22	19	16	14	15	14	16	14	15	14	13	11	11	12	12	13
Low °C	14	15	13	12	19	20	21	15	11	12	15	10	14	14	15	14	11	11	11	12	9	12
Chill °C (?)	18	13	14	14	21	21	22	18	15	12	14	14	15	12	14	14	11	9	11	11	11	11
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	9:29	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:27	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 NE	0.7 NE	0.1 SE	2.0 SSW	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	6	16	9	9	14	13	7	7	14	10	10	10	10	9	9	11	10	13	13	14	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 NE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	1.3 SSW	0.1 NE	0.6 SW	0.6 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 SSE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	12	5	15	14	5	11	13	16	-	11	10	9	10	10	9	9	6	8	8	7	10	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	-	1.1 NNE	0.4 NW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSE	2.5 SSW	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	-
Period (s)	6	7	5	5	-	5	3	10	7	10	-	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-

	Friday 09					Saturday 10								Sunday 11								Mon
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Possums Reef Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	1	0	0	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.4 NE	0.9 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	17	6	7	9	9	15	9	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	7	7	16	15	9	9
Energy(?)	94	154	202	489	568	368	245	297	258	261	235	269	228	105	52	41	312	96	420	776	323	480
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:20AM 1.71					10:09PM 1.66				10:34AM 1.66			9:45PM 1.56	11:02PM 1.64			9:54AM 1.76	10:29AM 1.53				11:53PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)			3:35PM 0.31				3:03AM 0.33				3:33PM 0.36	4:26PM 0.37			3:57AM 0.41	4:53AM 0.41				4:46PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	18	17	14	13	14	12	13	13	14	23	18	19	19	21	20	20	23	21	19	12	11
Chill °C (?)	14	18	16	12	13	12	11	11	11	13	23	18	19	19	21	20	20	23	21	19	9	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 NE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 NE	1.4 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	6	6	5	16	6	9	9	9	9	5	14	10	14	13	13	6	7	7	7	7	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NE	-
Period (s)	12	12	16	12	16	15	15	15	14	9	5	5	11	11	9	13	13	13	16	4	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 SW	0.4 NE	0.2 NNE	0.7 NE	0.9 NNE	1.1 NNE	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	0.3 NW	0.5 WNW	0.7 W	0.8 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	6	7	9	5	2	4	5	5	-	-	5	5	5	3	3	4	4	15	9	9

	Friday 09																Saturday 10
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Possums Reef Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	1	0	0	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 S	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	18	17	6	6	7	7	7	16	7	16	6	9	9	9	5	15	6	15	15
Energy(?)	78	98	106	80	147	293	222	392	510	476	160	523	158	347	573	559	381	12	141	109	148	148
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	on	cross	on	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			9:41AM 1.71													10:09PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)									3:35PM 0.31												3:59AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	13	13	14	15	17	16	20	15	15	15	18	15	17	14	13	13	14	13	14	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	12	11	12	13	16	14	20	13	13	13	18	14	17	14	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	10
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SW	0.4 ENE	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	6	6	12	6	12	12	16	16	16	16	16	16	6	6	6	9	6	7	6	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	5	12	12	6	12	5	6	5	5	5	12	12	12	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.7 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	7	6	6	9	9	5	5	5	3	3	3