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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	Sat		Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Sat
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Wainakarua River Mouth Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	0	1	4	7	3	9	5	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	2.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 S	2.0 SSW	4.0 SW	1.4 SSE	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s)	14	13	12	12	14	14	16	15	9	13	11	7	7	12	12	14	13	13	12	12	13	12
Energy	589	591	522	238	443	275	1980	641	627	585	502	636	257	1114	6639	845	8026	3041	1166	1185	584	614
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:24AM 1.80		2:54PM 1.95	2:12AM 1.89		3:04PM 2.02		4:14AM 1.81	4:46PM 1.96		5:12AM 1.80	4:59PM 2.04		4:59AM 1.91	5:56PM 1.98		7:14AM 1.75		7:47PM 1.84	6:54AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)		8:20PM 0.15	8:39AM 0.08		8:04PM 0.12	8:42AM 0.01		9:01PM 0.09	10:29AM 0.02		11:06PM 0.08	11:24AM 0.02		10:56PM 0.10	11:17AM -0.00		11:54PM 0.12		1:13PM 0.10	1:47AM 0.17		1:13PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1
High °C	10	9	14	16	12	12	11	8	6	8	9	9	9	6	10	12	7	7	9	11	13	11
Low °C	9	9	10	15	9	12	9	5	6	7	8	8	7	4	9	10	4	7	9	9	11	11
Chill °C (?)	10	6	12	16	12	10	8	7	4	8	8	5	6	2	7	10	4	5	9	9	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:21	-
Sunset	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	0.1 NE	1.4 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSE	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.4 SSE	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	12	12	14	14	5	8	9	13	11	14	13	12	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 NE	0.3 S	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	1.2 S	-	0.1 S	1.1 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	10	18	16	16	4	10	12	15	13	14	4	13	12	12	-	-	16	-	24	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.9 WSW	1.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	1.8 SSW	1.4 S	0.8 W	4.0 SW	-	4.0 SW	-	-	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	-
Period (s)	-	4	4	4	6	6	16	-	-	-	4	7	7	4	12	-	13	-	-	3	4	-

	Saturday 13			Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	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	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	0	1	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	2.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 S
Period(s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	15	15	14	14	14	14	17	16	16	15	15	15	9
Energy	589	593	569	591	634	611	522	505	238	203	251	443	512	805	275	521	1980	613	169	641	576	730
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:00PM 1.91				2:24AM 1.80				2:54PM 1.95				1:57AM 1.90					3:49PM 1.97				4:14AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)			8:20PM 0.15				8:39AM 0.08								8:42AM 0.01					9:01PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	14	16	15	13	10	12	9	12	12	11	9	9	8	6	6
Chill °C (?)	10	6	6	7	7	7	8	12	16	14	13	8	10	6	10	11	8	6	7	8	5	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.1 NE	1.0 SSW	0.6 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.5 S
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	15	14	14	14	14	6	5	16	15	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.3 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 S	0.7 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	20	18	18	18	16	16	16	15	11	4	5	5	10	17	12	12	12	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.6 N	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 N	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 N	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.1 S	1.4 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	3	4	6	6	16	6	6	-	-	-

	Saturday 13	Sunday 14
	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	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	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	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	0	1	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy	603	603	589	605	603	593	578	584	569	559	553	591	600	647	634	627	625	611	556	542	522	515
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:00PM 1.91													2:24AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)									8:20PM 0.15												8:39AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	-	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	4	4	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4