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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	Sun	Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14
	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	Shag Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Wainakarua River Mouth Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs 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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	4	2	0	0	4	5	5	4	3	3	4	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.0 S	1.3 S	5.0 SSW	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 S	2.1 S	1.6 S	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	17	15	16	17	15	14	13	11	10	17	15	14	16	15	19	16	16	14	13	12	16	14
Energy	1015	478	898	13550	5297	3741	3738	1234	767	633	1135	739	261	236	821	788	215	377	311	336	605	369
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:45AM 1.43		10:12PM 1.62	9:36AM 1.47		9:38PM 1.58	9:51AM 1.76		11:50PM 1.70		12:17PM 1.76	12:40AM 1.74			1:31AM 1.78		2:00PM 1.91	2:24AM 1.80		2:54PM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)	2:47AM 0.43		3:04PM 0.40		3:35AM 0.40	3:53PM 0.36		4:10AM 0.34	5:22PM 0.30		5:49AM 0.27		6:21PM 0.26	6:45AM 0.21		7:21PM 0.20	7:42AM 0.14		8:20PM 0.15	8:39AM 0.08		9:16PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	9	9	12	13	11	12	14	12	13	14	11	12	12	11	11	11	13	14	16	17
Low °C	11	12	8	8	10	12	10	12	13	11	12	14	10	10	12	10	9	11	12	13	16	15
Chill °C (?)	11	12	4	4	10	12	9	10	14	11	12	13	10	11	11	11	11	8	12	12	15	17
Sunrise	-	8:08	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:15	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.0 S	1.3 S	-	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 S	2.1 S	1.6 S	1.1 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	17	15	16	-	15	14	13	11	10	9	15	14	16	15	19	16	16	14	13	12	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	-	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 NE	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 NE	0.1 E
Period (s)	10	9	9	-	20	19	14	14	14	17	12	11	10	10	9	6	11	9	18	16	4	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	0.4 NW	1.8 SSW	5.0 SSW	0.6 W	-	0.6 W	2.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	0.3 NE	0.8 NNE	0.6 NE	-	0.5 NNE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	4	3	6	17	4	-	3	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	5	4	5	-	4	4

	Sun	Monday 08								Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
	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	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Wainakarua River Mouth Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Wainakarua River Mouth Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Wainakarua River Mouth Otago	Possums Reef Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	5	0	4	4	5	7	5	5	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	2.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.8 SSE	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	3.5 S	4.5 S	3.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.9 SSE	2.0 S	2.1 S	1.6 S
Period(s)	17	17	17	16	15	15	16	18	18	17	17	16	15	20	14	14	13	13	13	12	11	10
Energy	1619	1015	946	857	478	3397	898	2419	14078	13550	7158	10641	5297	1205	3741	6046	4925	3738	1134	1139	1234	836
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:59PM 1.55				8:45AM 1.43					10:12PM 1.62				9:29AM 1.48				9:38PM 1.58				11:26AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)			2:47AM 0.43					3:04PM 0.40				4:01AM 0.36				3:30PM 0.37				4:53AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	13	12	12	14	8	9	8	9	10	9	10	11	13	11	11	10	11	9	12	13
Chill °C (?)	11	10	11	11	11	12	3	4	3	4	6	5	6	8	12	9	9	8	10	7	10	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.8 SSE	-	-	-	1.2 S	3.0 SSE	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.9 SSE	2.0 S	2.1 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	17	17	17	16	15	16	16	18	-	-	-	21	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	13	-	-	-	-	20	20	19	14	14	14	-	15	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.3 NNE	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	2.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	3.5 S	4.5 S	0.6 W	-	-	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	-	2.1 SW	-
Period (s)	3	4	4	3	3	15	6	6	18	17	17	16	4	-	-	3	3	3	-	-	14	-

	Sunday 07					Monday 08
	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 - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Wainakarua River Mouth Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Wainakarua River Mouth Otago
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	5	0	4	4	5	7	5	5	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	0.9 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.3 S	1.4 SSE
Period(s)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	17
Energy	1639	1619	1619	1619	1619	1015	991	968	946	457	890	857	961	949	478	575	3307	3397	3546	9243	898	1410
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:59PM 1.55													8:45AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)									2:47AM 0.43													3:04PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	13	14	15	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	11	14	8	8	8	9
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	12	14	10	10	10	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	7	12	3	3	3	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	0.9 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.2 ENE	1.3 S	0.2 ENE	3.5 SSW	1.3 S	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	9	16	9	16	16	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	14	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 N	0.3 N	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	-	3	3	3	2	3	3	15	15	16	16	6	6