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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	Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs 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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	3	4	0	4	3	3	3	5	5	4	3	6	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	1.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S
Period(s)	15	14	16	15	15	13	12	12	14	17	16	15	10	10	11	13	13	12	11	12	13	13
Energy	327	220	339	633	203	594	578	240	615	2758	955	1160	702	614	628	3223	3454	2683	761	5908	2709	1319
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:57AM 1.80		1:31AM 1.78		2:00PM 1.91	2:24AM 1.80		2:54PM 1.95	1:57AM 1.90		3:49PM 1.97		4:14AM 1.81	4:46PM 1.96		4:02AM 1.93	4:36PM 2.07		4:59AM 1.91	5:32PM 2.01	6:46PM 1.89	7:14AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)			7:21PM 0.20	6:52AM 0.15		8:20PM 0.15	8:39AM 0.08		8:25PM 0.08	8:22AM 0.01		9:01PM 0.09	10:29AM 0.02		11:06PM 0.08	10:18AM -0.03		12:00AM 0.09	11:17AM -0.00		12:53AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	9	10	11	9	12	15	14	11	10	8	6	8	10	9	10	10	11	9	9	9
Low °C	10	11	9	10	9	9	9	15	10	10	8	4	5	8	8	7	8	7	9	9	8	7
Chill °C (?)	9	11	8	8	11	6	11	14	13	8	7	7	4	8	8	6	7	7	8	7	6	8
Sunrise	8:18	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:18
Sunset	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S
Period (s)	15	14	16	15	15	13	12	12	14	17	16	15	10	10	11	13	13	11	11	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.5 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.7 S	1.5 SSW	-	0.9 S
Period (s)	10	6	12	10	7	18	16	16	5	5	12	12	14	12	13	13	12	13	15	15	-	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 N	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	0.4 W	3.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	3	13	13	12	3	12	-	-

	Friday 12							Saturday 13								Sunday 14
	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 - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui 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	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period(s)	16	15	15	14	14	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	15
Energy	542	303	327	272	220	332	257	339	623	805	633	624	203	426	569	594	634	571	578	553	240	226
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:57AM 1.80					12:22AM 1.76				2:00PM 1.91				2:24AM 1.80				2:54PM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)		5:40AM 0.21					7:21PM 0.20				6:52AM 0.15				8:20PM 0.15				8:39AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	10	11	12	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	12	15	15
Chill °C (?)	10	9	8	9	11	9	8	8	8	8	8	10	11	8	6	6	7	7	8	11	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	16	15	15	14	14	14	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	6	6	6	6	12	12	11	10	10	7	8	20	18	18	18	16	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	3	4	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

	Friday 12
	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 - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	17	18	17	17	17	17
Energy	570	549	542	369	514	303	285	209	327	323	275	272	272	220	220	303	228	332	263	260	257	249
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	glass	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:40AM 1.74											11:57AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)						5:40AM 0.21														7:21PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	11	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	11	11	10	9	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	11	11	11	11	9	10	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	17	14	17	17	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	6	6	6	-	6	6	6	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-