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.

Otago Surf Forecast

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Preloading...

Long range forecasts are available for members only
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

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.

Otago Photos

Otago Wavefinder

7 day 48 hour

	Sun	Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sunday 20
	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 - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach 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 - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.1 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 E	1.6 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	11	11	12	12	11	17	16	17	16	10	16	17	15	15
Energy(?)	1326	1130	890	679	748	776	573	452	442	626	1019	569	386	681	635	453	330	182	140	153	113	256
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:10AM 1.60			5:38AM 1.68		6:07PM 1.75	7:54AM 1.63		8:09PM 1.98	8:50AM 1.66		9:06PM 1.95	9:41AM 1.94		10:06PM 1.91	9:25AM 1.70		9:55PM 1.66	10:32AM 1.75		10:59PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)	11:21PM 0.30		12:16PM 0.20	11:41PM 0.29	11:58AM 0.21		12:30AM 0.29		1:51PM 0.21			2:43PM 0.23		4:07AM 0.28	4:30PM 0.28		3:13AM 0.27	3:47PM 0.30		4:13AM 0.25	4:49PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	9	10	10	9	10	11	8	8	9	8	8	10	7	8	9	8	10	12	9	10	13	9
Low °C	7	7	9	8	8	8	7	7	8	5	7	8	6	7	9	7	8	10	6	7	10	7
Chill °C (?)	8	10	10	8	8	11	5	4	5	4	6	10	5	8	6	6	8	10	8	10	13	8
Sunrise	-	8:17	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:10	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:17	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.1 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 E	1.6 ESE	1.9 SW	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	11	11	11	9	12	11	8	8	10	11	10	10	10	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.9 ESE	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.1 ESE	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	14	14	14	14	15	14	13	12	12	9	8	11	16	17	16	16	6	5	10	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	1.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	2.4 SW	-	-	1.6 SSW	-	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	-	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	6	8	9	-	-	8	-	4	4	-	7	3	-	2

	Sun	Monday 14								Tuesday 15								Wednesday 16
	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	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach 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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair 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
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	1.8 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	969	1527	1353	1130	1130	1087	976	1048	919	679	832	881	748	790	711	611	659	573	516	460	452	400
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	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)				4:53AM 1.68					6:38PM 1.70				6:52AM 1.93				6:07PM 1.75				6:26AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)			12:02AM 0.25			11:10AM 0.21					12:46AM 0.24				1:51PM 0.19				12:30AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	10	7	7	10	11	9	9	8	9	9	8	10	11	9	8	8	8	7	7	8
Chill °C (?)	8	8	9	6	6	10	11	9	8	6	7	6	5	8	10	9	5	4	4	3	3	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	1.8 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	18	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	16	15	15	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	3	4	6	7	8