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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	Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thu
	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	Shag 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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	1	1	4	4	3	3	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 NE	0.8 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 SW	2.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 S	2.5 SSW	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.4 S	1.1 SSE	1.6 S	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.6 S
Period(s)	5	7	10	12	12	12	12	14	15	16	15	14	13	12	12	11	11	14	14	15	14	15
Energy	52	97	1792	1002	787	589	3071	2043	1294	1229	3266	1646	1090	1136	548	955	387	598	1482	1099	1208	1138
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			6:52PM 1.91	8:37AM 1.72		9:09PM 1.82	8:22AM 1.72		10:08PM 1.79	10:35AM 1.72		11:02PM 1.77	11:29AM 1.73		10:53PM 1.71		12:20PM 1.74	11:43PM 1.68		1:08PM 1.74	1:28AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)		12:36PM 0.10	1:17AM 0.21		2:30PM 0.20			2:54PM 0.12		4:09AM 0.28	4:34PM 0.28		5:09AM 0.30	5:37PM 0.31		6:07AM 0.30			7:00AM 0.29		7:28PM 0.32	7:47AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	11	9	9	10	12	11	12	8	9	10	9	11	11	13	13	12	10	10	12	12	16
Low °C	12	10	7	8	9	9	10	11	7	7	10	8	9	11	12	12	12	9	10	11	10	13
Chill °C (?)	12	9	7	8	10	10	9	10	6	9	8	8	11	11	13	13	12	10	10	10	11	16
Sunrise	7:54	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:04
Sunset	-	5:10	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 S	2.5 SSW	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.4 S	1.1 SSE	1.1 SW	1.2 S	1.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	8	6	11	12	12	12	12	14	15	16	15	14	13	12	12	12	6	14	14	15	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.3 ENE	0.5 NE	0.1 SE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	1.3 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.3 ENE	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 NE	0.9 SW	1.0 S	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	11	8	8	12	4	6	6	6	6	11	19	18	12	13	12	10	11	9	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NE	0.8 SW	2.5 SW	0.6 NE	0.7 N	-	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNE	-	0.3 NE	-	1.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	7	10	7	4	-	12	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 21							Friday 22								Saturday 23
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair 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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs 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 - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.9 NE	0.2 S	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	5	12	7	8	9	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	14	14
Energy	18	19	52	16	97	255	286	1792	860	942	1002	924	787	724	527	589	527	534	3071	3167	2043	1677
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- 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	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			6:36AM 1.75				6:52PM 1.91				8:37AM 1.72				7:55PM 1.85	9:09PM 1.82			8:22AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)	1:11AM 0.17				12:36PM 0.10				2:08AM 0.21				2:30PM 0.20				2:17AM 0.23				2:54PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	17	13	10	11	10	9	8	9	9	8	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	12	10
Chill °C (?)	14	16	12	7	9	7	7	6	7	9	6	8	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.2 S	0.4 NE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	5	12	8	6	6	7	7	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 S	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	-
Period (s)	9	18	11	9	8	16	16	8	7	7	12	7	4	4	12	6	6	6	6	6	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.6 NE	0.9 NE	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 SW	-	-	0.6 NE	0.7 NNE	0.7 N	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	3	5	5	3	7	8	9	10	-	-	7	4	4	-	-	-	-	4	12	13	-	-

	Thursday 21
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Possums Reef Otago	All Day Bay 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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s)	11	12	12	12	18	12	18	5	5	5	18	12	12	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9
Energy	17	18	18	18	60	19	60	50	52	68	97	16	18	97	97	134	188	255	236	246	286	286
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)							6:16AM 1.81												6:52PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)		1:11AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	15	16	13	17	13	16	13	16	16	10	9	10	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	8
Chill °C (?)	11	11	14	15	12	16	12	15	12	15	15	7	6	8	9	9	8	7	8	7	7	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	9	12	9	5	8	8	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	12	18	12	8	11	11	8	9	9	8	8	8	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.8 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	-	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	5	3	3	3	4	5	4	-	5	5	18	3	4	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9