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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	Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Fri
	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	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	4	0	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.3 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	13	13	12	10	13	14	12	12	11	11	10	10	17	16	15	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	40	429	364	447	327	218	822	1829	9752	2925	2335	1129	958	769	560	375	439	291	98	149	36	78
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			12:59AM 1.85		1:40PM 1.75	2:47AM 1.90		3:09PM 1.81	2:40AM 1.95		2:58PM 1.88	3:25AM 1.96	4:28AM 1.91	4:50PM 1.84		4:08AM 1.94	4:27PM 1.88		6:04AM 1.82	6:26PM 1.79		6:50AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		6:32PM 0.20		8:12AM 0.28		8:32PM 0.20	9:09AM 0.23		8:19PM 0.06	8:49AM 0.13		9:07PM 0.03	10:47AM 0.17		11:07PM 0.13	10:18AM 0.11		10:57PM 0.09	12:15PM 0.20		12:36AM 0.21	12:57PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	13	11	11	11	16	13	13	12	10	11	12	9	10	12	13	15	15	16	19	16	18	17
Low °C	12	11	8	10	14	12	11	11	8	10	11	7	9	11	12	14	15	15	17	16	14	13
Chill °C (?)	12	10	11	11	16	12	10	8	7	8	10	7	10	10	13	15	14	15	19	15	18	16
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:20
Sunset	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	7	13	14	13	13	12	10	10	14	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	15	8	14	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	1.3 SW	0.1 E	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	7	7	9	8	7	11	12	10	12	12	11	11	11	18	17	16	8	4	11	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.3 NE	0.7 NE	0.3 SW	0.7 NE	1.2 NE	0.5 W
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	10	13	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	6	5	5	3

	Friday 27							Saturday 28								Sunday 01
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach 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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	1	3	3	0	0	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	10	10	13	14
Energy(?)	51	683	504	55	34	518	500	493	359	370	283	275	457	442	518	364	280	201	822	981	1829	3717
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)													2:16PM 1.77				1:53AM 1.91				3:09PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)		6:11AM 0.32					7:29PM 0.25				7:09AM 0.25				8:32PM 0.20				9:09AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	8	11	12	12	11	11	11	8	8	11	16	12	13	13	12	13	13	11	13	12	11
Chill °C (?)	8	6	10	11	11	10	10	9	7	6	11	16	11	12	12	10	12	13	8	10	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E
Period (s)	5	13	6	6	5	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	7	16	7	6	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	8	11	15	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 W	0.7 W	-	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.0 S
Period (s)	-	12	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	4	-	10	10	13	14

	Friday 27
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach 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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	1	3	3	0	0	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	16	16	16	15	15	15
Energy(?)	50	119	84	51	54	396	390	378	173	173	233	281	389	424	429	318	203	99	193	157	157	157
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												12:22PM 1.69	1:21PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)							7:07AM 0.33											6:50PM 0.17	7:29PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	9	9	11	9	9	10	10	11	13	13	11	12	11	13	12	12	12	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	8	9	7	7	11	6	6	8	9	10	12	12	9	11	10	12	11	11	11	8	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	8	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	9	6	9	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	8	13	8	8	8	9	9	8	6	6	8	8	8	8	7	16	16	16	16	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-