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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	Tue	Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16
	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 - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair 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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach 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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	5	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	5	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 S	1.7 S	1.4 S	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.9 SSW	3.0 SW	1.4 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 S
Period(s)	13	11	10	14	15	14	16	15	14	17	15	14	13	12	12	19	18	16	13	12	12	11
Energy	3011	783	583	775	1057	743	577	357	336	1015	846	664	619	531	202	768	820	1818	4861	608	237	205
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:38PM 1.58	11:26AM 1.68		11:50PM 1.70		12:17PM 1.76	12:40AM 1.74	11:57AM 1.80		1:31AM 1.78		2:00PM 1.91	2:24AM 1.80		2:54PM 1.95	2:12AM 1.89		2:45PM 2.07		3:26AM 1.86	4:03PM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)		4:53AM 0.32	4:22PM 0.32		5:49AM 0.27		6:21PM 0.26	5:39AM 0.21		7:21PM 0.20	7:42AM 0.14		8:20PM 0.15	8:39AM 0.08		8:04PM 0.12	8:45AM 0.01		9:01PM 0.09	9:40AM -0.02		10:23PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	12	11	10	11	13	11	12	10	10	11	11	16	18	11	12	10	12	14	15	12
Low °C	10	8	11	11	10	11	9	10	11	10	10	11	11	11	15	10	11	9	7	10	13	9
Chill °C (?)	10	10	11	9	8	9	12	9	11	8	9	10	9	15	18	10	9	7	9	13	14	11
Sunrise	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:15	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	1.7 S	1.4 S	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.4 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 S
Period (s)	13	11	10	9	12	14	16	15	14	17	15	14	13	12	12	19	18	16	14	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.2 ESE	0.3 NE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	15	11	10	10	18	10	10	9	19	17	16	14	6	12	6	11	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.5 WSW	1.2 SSW	-	3.0 SW	0.4 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	6	6	-	13	4	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 10								Thursday 11								Friday 12
	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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach 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	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 - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 S	3.0 S	1.9 SSE	2.1 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	12	11	11	10	9	10	14	12	16	15	11	14	14	15	16	16	15	15	14
Energy	5472	3011	1134	1346	783	601	583	521	636	775	1156	1311	1057	529	743	742	579	577	537	500	357	331
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		9:38PM 1.58				11:26AM 1.68				11:50PM 1.70					12:17PM 1.76				12:40AM 1.74			11:57AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)				3:59AM 0.37				4:22PM 0.32				5:49AM 0.27					6:21PM 0.26			5:58AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	11	10	8	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	13	13	9	11	10	11
Chill °C (?)	9	10	10	8	6	10	11	10	9	10	10	10	8	11	9	9	12	12	7	8	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 S	3.0 S	1.9 SSE	2.1 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	11	11	10	9	10	9	12	12	12	11	14	14	15	16	16	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	14	14	-	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	16	16	15	15	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 W	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	3	-	-

	Tuesday 09	Wednesday 10
	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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach 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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 S
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Energy	5802	5757	5472	4733	3422	3011	1465	1321	1134	1920	1484	1346	1161	1014	783	694	1065	601	694	673	583	586
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				9:38PM 1.58														11:26AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)										4:00AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	11	12	10	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	10	11	11	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	8	8	8	7	7	6	8	10	10	11	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	-	-	-	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-