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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Otago Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Otago Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Otago Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Otago Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Otago Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Otago Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Otago Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Otago Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Otago Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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			Wednesday 03
	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	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops 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	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Potato Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	1	2	4	2	3	2	2	0	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	3.5 S	2.0 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.1 S	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	1.4 NE	2.3 NE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period(s)	14	15	17	17	13	13	12	12	10	12	12	9	7	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11
Energy	1011	4813	2097	1551	1558	1725	1240	848	266	322	231	84	200	1298	343	586	403	437	29	223	387	353
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- 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		3:33AM 1.57	3:39PM 1.73		3:55AM 1.61	4:41PM 1.66		4:53AM 1.54	5:20PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)		6:32AM 0.29		7:20PM 0.34	7:14AM 0.31		9:00PM 0.32	9:14AM 0.30		9:41PM 0.33	9:54AM 0.31		9:27PM 0.39	9:38AM 0.35		10:01PM 0.28	10:02AM 0.37		11:41PM 0.37	11:04AM 0.39		11:41PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	3	-
High °C	9	11	14	11	11	11	10	10	12	10	12	15	15	16	17	13	14	13	11	10	9	8
Low °C	8	8	12	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	11	14	14	15	15	12	10	12	10	10	8	8
Chill °C (?)	9	8	14	10	11	11	8	8	11	7	9	14	14	16	17	10	14	12	9	9	7	6
Sunrise	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:08	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	3.5 S	2.0 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.1 S	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.5 S	0.3 S	2.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	14	15	17	17	13	13	12	12	10	12	6	9	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	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	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	12	12	13	14	13	12	11	10	10	9	4	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.9 NE	-	0.9 ENE	1.4 NE	2.3 NE	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	-	6	7	8	3	-	-	-	3	4	4	-

	Wed	Thursday 28								Friday 29								Saturday 30
	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 - Bobs Beach 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	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs 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
Rating	4	4	9	9	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 S	1.6 SSE	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.0 SSE	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s)	13	14	14	14	15	16	17	15	15	17	16	15	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Energy	2431	1011	11161	12843	4813	4207	2097	3533	3206	1551	1175	1016	1558	1409	1725	1535	1405	1240	1108	972	848	608
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
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)	6:12PM 0.31				6:32AM 0.29				6:57PM 0.34				7:14AM 0.31				9:00PM 0.32					9:14AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	9	8	8	8	13	14	11	11	11	10	10	9	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	10
Chill °C (?)	5	9	5	6	5	12	14	8	9	10	9	9	8	10	11	8	8	7	7	7	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	1.6 SSE	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.0 SSE	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	14	15	15	16	17	15	15	17	16	15	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 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	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	-	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	4	-	14	14	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3

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	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 - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	9	9	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SW	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	2.1 SSE	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	15
Energy	9594	2431	2431	1011	1011	1011	1165	9593	11161	10806	11837	12843	13089	2252	4813	4647	4180	4207	4156	2147	2097	3829
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)							12:51AM 1.64													1:16PM 1.67
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	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	12	13	14	14	14	11
Chill °C (?)	5	5	5	9	9	9	9	7	5	7	6	6	6	6	5	6	10	12	13	14	14	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.1 SSE	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	16	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	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	4	4	-	-	-	-	14	14	14	14	14	14	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	4