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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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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	Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sun
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Wainakarua River Mouth Otago	Wainakarua River Mouth Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Crossroads Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage 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 - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	3	2	3	1	1	4	3	3	2	1	0	4	5	9	8	7	5	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	1.2 SSW	0.8 S	1.3 S	1.8 SSW	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.6 S	1.9 SSW	2.1 S	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	14	10	16	15	10	11	11	13	8	12	12	13	16	17	14	13	13	13	13	12
Energy	522	236	608	301	874	1383	787	525	364	146	718	1286	4467	9945	7262	6597	3199	1486	559	639	243	272
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:54PM 1.95	1:57AM 1.90		3:07PM 2.03	2:54AM 1.92	4:14AM 1.81	4:46PM 1.96		4:25AM 1.88	5:46PM 1.94		4:59AM 1.91	5:32PM 2.01	6:46PM 1.89	7:14AM 1.75		7:47PM 1.84	6:54AM 1.80		8:45PM 1.79	9:14AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)			8:25PM 0.08	8:45AM 0.01		9:21PM 0.05	10:29AM 0.02		11:06PM 0.08	10:42AM -0.02		10:56PM 0.10	11:17AM -0.00		12:53AM 0.13		1:13PM 0.10	1:47AM 0.17		1:30PM 0.09	2:42AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	17	13	12	11	8	6	8	9	9	7	6	10	10	9	9	11	12	12	14	12	13
Low °C	10	16	11	11	9	6	5	7	7	8	6	4	8	9	8	8	10	10	10	14	11	11
Chill °C (?)	13	17	11	9	8	5	5	8	7	6	3	3	7	7	8	6	9	11	11	13	12	13
Sunrise	8:15	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:19
Sunset	-	4:58	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	1.2 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.1 NE	1.8 SSW	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	2.1 S	2.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	14	14	6	15	10	11	11	13	13	12	11	13	16	17	14	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 NE	0.4 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 S	0.3 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.5 S
Period (s)	16	16	5	4	12	12	13	14	14	5	12	12	15	-	-	-	-	18	11	10	10	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	-	0.8 S	1.3 S	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.7 W	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.6 NW	-	0.2 NNE	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	10	16	-	-	-	4	5	8	4	12	13	-	-	-	4	3	-	5	-

	Sunday 14							Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	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	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 - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Wainakarua River Mouth Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Wainakarua River Mouth Otago	Wainakarua River Mouth Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs 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
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.7 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 S	1.1 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 S
Period(s)	13	13	12	12	12	15	15	14	14	14	10	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	10	13	11	11
Energy	639	611	522	505	236	212	205	608	501	336	301	1734	874	838	674	1383	638	853	787	757	525	737
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:24AM 1.80				2:54PM 1.95				2:12AM 1.89					3:07PM 2.03				4:14AM 1.81				4:46PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)			8:39AM 0.08								8:45AM 0.01	9:34AM 0.04				9:21PM 0.05				10:29AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	10	14	17	16	12	11	10	11	11	10	11	9	8	7	6	6	5	6	8	8
Chill °C (?)	7	6	8	13	17	15	11	9	8	9	9	6	8	6	6	4	5	4	2	5	8	6
Sunrise	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 S	0.4 SSE	1.7 SSW	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	1.2 S	1.8 SSW	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.3 S
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	11	15	14	14	14	14	16	6	12	8	15	9	10	10	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 S	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 NE	1.1 SSW	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	16	16	16	15	11	5	5	5	4	13	12	6	15	12	15	14	13	13	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 S	1.4 SW	1.3 S	1.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	6	4	10	6	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 14
	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	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	Dunedin - St Clair 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 - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	1.0 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	15	15	15	14	15	14
Energy	600	652	639	632	625	611	556	304	522	515	512	505	243	245	236	490	223	212	212	464	205	523
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			2:24AM 1.80												2:54PM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)									8:39AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

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