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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	Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills 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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.6 S	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s)	13	12	12	12	18	16	16	14	13	13	16	15	15	14	13	13	13	11	18	16	10	12
Energy	1437	670	625	653	358	940	654	340	253	82	199	71	84	53	43	85	25	17	31	60	68	510
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:13PM 1.89	2:46AM 1.83		3:13PM 1.95		3:37AM 1.83	4:06PM 1.96		4:31AM 1.82	5:02PM 1.95		5:29AM 1.79		6:02PM 1.93	6:30AM 1.76		7:05PM 1.89	7:34AM 1.73		8:08PM 1.85	7:06AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)			8:42PM 0.14	9:01AM 0.11		9:35PM 0.11	9:53AM 0.07		10:28PM 0.09	10:46AM 0.06		11:22PM 0.10	11:39AM 0.07		12:16AM 0.13		12:34PM 0.10	1:11AM 0.17		1:31PM 0.14	2:08AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	9	8	8	9	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	11	11	11	14	15	11	14	15	11	11
Low °C	7	8	8	8	8	6	6	7	7	6	8	7	9	10	10	13	12	11	10	14	8	10
Chill °C (?)	6	8	8	6	6	4	6	7	6	8	7	7	11	11	10	13	15	11	14	14	10	10
Sunrise	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56
Sunset	-	5:16	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 S	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 S	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 S	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	10	16	16	14	13	10	16	8	15	14	13	13	4	4	18	8	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE
Period (s)	10	10	9	19	18	12	11	4	11	10	9	15	9	9	3	4	13	10	4	7	13	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.7 NNE	0.5 NE	0.5 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NNE	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 15					Saturday 16								Sunday 17								Mon
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs 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 - Sandfly Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush 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	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13
Energy	1437	1211	670	564	694	625	679	590	653	622	358	370	733	940	783	783	654	477	340	320	258	253
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:13PM 1.89				2:46AM 1.83									3:37AM 1.83				4:06PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)	7:18AM 0.16				8:42PM 0.14					9:01AM 0.11			8:20PM 0.09	9:35PM 0.11				9:53AM 0.07				10:28PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7
Chill °C (?)	4	6	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	7	6	7	7	3	4	3	4	6	7	6	6	6
Sunrise	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	9	21	20	19	13	18	18	9	12	12	11	11	4	4	8	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.7 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.5 NE	0.6 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	-

	Friday 15	Saturday 16
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs 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	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 S	1.8 SSW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	1481	1459	1437	1270	1250	1211	1082	1047	670	886	564	564	564	778	694	704	732	625	625	679	679	674
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							12:54PM 1.96														2:46AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		7:18AM 0.16													8:42PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	5	5	4	4	4	6	6	6	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6
Sunrise	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 S	1.8 SSW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	21	21	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-