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

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Preloading...

16 day forecast maps are a premium feature
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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed		Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	2	2	5	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.2 SW	0.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	1.7 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	7	13	12	16	13	10	12	12	13	14	11	10	10	10	11	11	13	17
Energy(?)	332	311	324	290	351	259	476	833	796	343	199	758	3993	1261	672	475	823	855	521	537	221	210
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:30PM 1.82	7:58AM 1.66		9:28PM 1.81	9:57AM 1.69		10:29PM 1.81	9:51AM 1.69		11:25PM 1.81	10:51AM 1.71		12:18AM 1.80	11:45AM 1.73	12:43PM 1.77	1:08AM 1.80		1:32PM 1.79	12:55AM 1.77		2:19PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)		1:57AM 0.24		2:45PM 0.24		3:26AM 0.30	3:50PM 0.27		3:41AM 0.28	4:56PM 0.28		4:38AM 0.25		6:01PM 0.28	5:30AM 0.23		7:00PM 0.27	7:28AM 0.26		6:38PM 0.20	8:15AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	8	10	12	11	15	15	14	18	21	20	14	12	12	15	18	13	15	14	12	12	14
Low °C	9	6	6	11	9	12	14	12	15	20	19	12	11	11	12	15	10	11	13	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	8	7	10	12	10	15	14	13	18	21	20	12	10	10	15	18	12	14	13	11	11	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-
Sunset	5:49	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	0.1 E	1.7 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	10	7	7	12	16	10	10	12	10	13	14	11	10	10	11	11	11	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 S	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	1.1 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.9 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	10	10	8	10	10	9	9	13	14	9	-	-	-	11	13	13	9	8	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.4 NW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	3	3	12	13	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 22			Thursday 23								Friday 24								Saturday 25
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans 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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.2 SW	0.7 E	0.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.3 SW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	10	13	7	8	12	12	13	16	15	14
Energy(?)	551	653	577	311	310	344	305	251	290	211	218	351	218	272	471	308	676	2192	513	1135	723	1331
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:30PM 1.82				8:54AM 1.69								8:44AM 1.68	9:57AM 1.69				9:23PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)	1:17PM 0.17				2:24AM 0.26				1:57PM 0.21					3:26AM 0.30				3:50PM 0.27				4:32AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	10	9	7	6	6	7	10	12	9	8	9	9	12	12	15	14	14	14	14	12	14
Chill °C (?)	9	8	8	6	4	4	6	10	12	9	6	7	7	11	11	15	14	14	13	13	10	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	7	7	7	7	7	8	12	12	13	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 SSE	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	8	8	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SW	0.3 WNW	-	1.6 SW	-	-	2.3 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	-	7	-	-	12	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 22											Thursday 23
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans 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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ESE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 SSE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 E
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	9	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	563	456	456	336	531	534	530	532	307	307	311	314	311	401	286	410	414	374	341	327	305	379
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																				7:35AM 1.70	8:54AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)		1:14PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	6	8	8	7	6	6	7	8
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	5	5	6	5	6	5	6	6	6	4	5	6	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.2 S	1.0 SSE	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 S
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	8	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 S	-	-	-	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-