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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	Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wed
	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	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago
Rating	4	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	0	4	3	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.4 S	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 S	1.7 SSW	2.3 SSW	-
Period(s)	12	10	17	15	14	16	15	14	16	15	14	13	12	12	14	14	16	10	9	10	11	-
Energy	1031	583	639	1038	743	577	308	266	726	535	679	661	531	226	378	2508	1943	1532	515	563	1760	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:26AM 1.54		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	2:12AM 1.89		3:49PM 1.97		3:07AM 1.92	4:46PM 1.96		3:49AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)		4:22PM 0.32		5:49AM 0.27		6:21PM 0.26	6:45AM 0.21		7:21PM 0.20	6:32AM 0.13		8:20PM 0.15	8:39AM 0.08		8:04PM 0.12	8:23AM 0.01		9:02PM 0.09	9:21AM -0.02		10:23PM 0.08	10:42AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	-	-	1	2	1
High °C	12	12	10	11	11	14	11	12	10	10	10	10	12	17	12	11	9	7	10	10	12	9
Low °C	11	11	9	11	11	11	9	11	10	9	10	9	10	15	10	10	9	7	10	10	9	8
Chill °C (?)	12	11	8	9	9	13	9	11	8	10	9	8	10	17	12	8	5	4	7	6	9	6
Sunrise	8:11	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:17
Sunset	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.4 S	0.8 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.1 NE	1.5 S	1.5 S	0.1 E	1.4 S	-
Period (s)	12	10	13	15	14	16	15	14	16	15	14	13	12	12	14	14	6	9	9	14	11	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NE	0.7 SSW	-	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	0.5 S	-
Period (s)	15	14	9	12	11	10	10	6	7	10	10	18	16	16	5	18	-	16	14	-	15	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.7 SW	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.5 W	1.7 SSW	2.3 SSW	4.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	4	6	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	6	14	16	10	3	10	11	16

	Wednesday 10					Thursday 11								Friday 12								Sat
	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	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach 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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	12	11	10	10	10	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	16	16	15	15	14	14	18	17	16
Energy	1031	601	583	562	636	639	1184	1212	1038	937	743	736	579	577	538	337	308	256	266	262	503	726
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:26AM 1.68				11:50PM 1.70					12:17PM 1.76				12:40AM 1.74			11:57AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)				4:22PM 0.32				5:49AM 0.27					6:21PM 0.26			5:39AM 0.21	6:45AM 0.21				7:21PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	12	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	11	11	9	11	12	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	10	10	11	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	13	14	9	9	7	10	11	10	8	10
Sunrise	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	12	11	10	10	10	13	16	12	15	15	14	14	15	16	16	15	15	14	14	18	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	14	9	12	16	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	6	6	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NNE	0.6 N	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.2 NNE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	4	4	3	6	6	-	-	4	-

	Wednesday 10																	Thursday 11
	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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair 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	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s)	11	11	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	17	17	16	16	16
Energy	1161	1014	1031	1174	680	601	694	673	583	593	519	562	652	629	636	636	575	639	667	1172	1184	1158
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						11:26AM 1.68												11:50PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)											4:22PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	11	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	8	8	10	8	8	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	10	8	9	7	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	10	9	9	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-