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.

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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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	Mon		Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Mon
	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago
Rating	3	2	2	4	5	5	5	9	5	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.9 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	2.0 SSE	3.0 SSW	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.1 NE	0.7 S	1.9 NE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE
Period(s)	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	13	15	17	15	14	13	12	12	11	10	6	9	8	10	11
Energy	905	353	474	2270	3180	4081	3048	8677	4940	2198	3297	1824	1558	1369	910	510	245	211	114	841	1679	3422
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		11:54PM 1.74	11:21AM 1.68		11:43PM 1.68	11:41AM 1.86		12:29AM 1.66		1:16PM 1.67	1:11AM 1.65		1:36PM 1.71	2:56AM 1.64		2:17PM 1.73			4:02PM 1.69		3:36AM 1.59	3:39PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)	5:37PM 0.31		5:03AM 0.26	5:25PM 0.28		6:02AM 0.20		6:12PM 0.31	6:32AM 0.29		6:57PM 0.34	7:14AM 0.31		9:00PM 0.32	9:14AM 0.30		9:41PM 0.33	8:59AM 0.34		9:27PM 0.39	9:42AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	7	8	6	9	12	8	11	14	11	11	11	9	8	9	7	10	12	13	15	16
Low °C	11	8	7	8	5	7	10	8	8	11	8	8	9	7	7	8	6	7	11	12	13	15
Chill °C (?)	10	11	4	6	4	8	12	5	8	14	9	9	9	7	4	9	6	8	11	12	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:03	-
Sunset	5:06	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.9 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.0 SSE	3.0 SSW	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 S	1.1 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.3 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	13	15	17	15	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	8	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	16	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	5	5	6	12	9	15	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	-	-	-	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	1.9 NE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	6	11	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	5	6	6	8	10	11

	Monday 25			Tuesday 26								Wednesday 27								Thursday 28
	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 - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	0	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	8	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSE	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	1.9 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 S	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14
Energy	905	768	854	353	200	354	474	513	2270	3418	3180	3180	3180	4363	4081	3372	3048	1557	7145	8677	11396	12422
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:54PM 1.74				11:20AM 1.68				11:43PM 1.68									12:29AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)		5:37PM 0.31								5:35PM 0.27					6:02AM 0.20				6:12PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	13	12	12	8	7	7	8	8	6	6	5	6	7	9	12	9	8	8	8	9
Chill °C (?)	10	10	12	10	11	5	4	5	6	5	4	4	2	4	5	7	12	7	5	5	5	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSE	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	11	10	12	11	10	10	16	15	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	2	4	6	7	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	14

	Monday 25											Tuesday 26
	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	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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	0	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	8	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	591	934	905	794	781	768	768	804	854	735	219	353	399	256	200	205	354	354	357	282	474	291
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												11:54PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)						5:37PM 0.31													6:07AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1
High °C	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	11	12	12	12	12	12	9	8	8	7	7	7
Chill °C (?)	12	9	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	10	10	10	11	11	12	6	5	5	4	4	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	16	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	4	4	4	5	6	6