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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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.

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	Thu	Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11
	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	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Wainakarua River Mouth Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair 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 - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	4	4	4	4	2	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.8 S	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 S	1.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s)	7	8	8	8	8	10	9	9	18	17	16	16	15	15	14	12	14	13	13	16	15	16
Energy	93	92	91	251	218	64	264	1465	1282	1224	1117	323	3589	4223	3115	1051	1076	1582	1253	1227	748	812
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:27AM 1.46		6:01PM 1.63	6:25AM 1.54		8:35PM 1.58	7:31AM 1.45		7:59PM 1.55	8:19AM 1.47		9:13PM 1.53	10:37AM 1.60		11:01PM 1.65	10:04AM 1.58		11:50PM 1.70			12:40AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)	12:34AM 0.46		12:44PM 0.42	12:45AM 0.38		1:56PM 0.39	2:27AM 0.41		2:42PM 0.39	2:26AM 0.46		3:04PM 0.40		4:01AM 0.36	4:24PM 0.34		3:59AM 0.37	5:22PM 0.30		5:49AM 0.27	5:16PM 0.26	6:21PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	16	13	11	11	9	11	12	14	16	17	11	11	13	11	16	16	15	16	16	14
Low °C	13	12	15	10	11	11	7	7	11	12	14	13	7	9	13	11	14	15	15	15	14	12
Chill °C (?)	13	15	16	13	8	10	5	9	11	12	14	16	7	10	13	9	15	16	14	16	15	14
Sunrise	-	8:07	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:15	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:59	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.8 S	1.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 S	1.3 S	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	17	16	16	16	15	14	12	12	13	13	16	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.1 SW	0.4 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.9 S	0.5 S	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	13	9	12	12	11	7	14	9	18	10	10	9	9	12	18	17	14	12	11	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.9 SW	-	1.3 SW	2.5 SW	-	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	-	2.3 SSW	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	2	5	-	9	9	-	3	2	-	15	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	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	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 NE	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 ENE	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	0.5 ENE	2.5 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s)	7	7	7	8	8	7	8	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	10	7	8	9	8	9	9	9
Energy	327	93	100	207	92	248	91	248	204	251	212	257	218	64	64	131	55	264	346	55	1465	1444
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	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)	6:08PM 1.59				6:27AM 1.46				6:01PM 1.63				6:25AM 1.54				7:31PM 1.54				7:31AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)			12:34AM 0.46				12:44PM 0.42				12:45AM 0.38				1:56PM 0.39				2:27AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	13	13	12	15	16	12	13	12	11	10	11	11	11	11	8	7	7	7	7	11
Chill °C (?)	13	13	12	12	11	15	16	12	13	10	8	7	8	11	10	10	4	2	2	3	4	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.9 SW	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	8	7	8	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.7 NE	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.7 NE	0.5 S	0.1 SW	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	13	13	12	9	9	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	7	8	10	14	10	15	9	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NE	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 S	-	-	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	7	-	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	2	3	5	5	4	-	-	4	9	8	8	9	9

	Thursday 04					Friday 05
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period(s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	8
Energy	293	298	327	307	298	93	95	97	100	107	120	207	128	323	92	90	85	248	233	222	91	241
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													6:27AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)							12:34AM 0.46												12:19PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	12	13	14	15	14	14	16	13
Chill °C (?)	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	11	12	14	15	14	14	16	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.8 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	0.1 S	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	9	9	9	12	9	9	9	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	-