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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	Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Sat
	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 - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Kakanui River Mouth Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	0	3	1	0	3	3	0	1	1	1	2	3	0	2	1	2	2	1	0	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SE	1.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 NE	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	6	14	10	8	12	5	12	11	7	16	16	15	6	14	13	13	6	12	14	9
Energy(?)	359	784	120	565	821	710	163	249	83	84	290	284	289	540	297	472	129	134	150	257	604	241
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			7:54PM 1.75	8:22AM 1.71		7:18PM 1.83	7:54AM 1.67		8:53PM 1.67	10:21AM 1.65		10:54PM 1.75	10:04AM 1.60		10:28PM 1.80	12:23PM 1.68		12:56AM 1.82		1:21PM 1.73	12:59AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)		1:37PM 0.23	2:01AM 0.23		1:44PM 0.26	2:12AM 0.30		2:45PM 0.29	3:22AM 0.33		4:11PM 0.29		4:02AM 0.38	5:14PM 0.30		5:58AM 0.35	6:21PM 0.29		7:07AM 0.33			7:09AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	15	15	16	12	17	22	20	15	13	12	17	14	14	13	12	10	11	11	11	14
Low °C	12	13	12	12	15	10	13	19	11	13	13	11	12	13	14	13	10	8	10	11	9	12
Chill °C (?)	13	11	14	12	14	9	16	22	20	14	11	12	16	12	13	11	10	8	9	8	9	13
Sunrise	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11
Sunset	-	8:39	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.1 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 S	0.6 SSW	1.1 NE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 NE	1.1 NE	0.7 ENE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	6	14	14	13	8	8	7	11	11	7	16	15	6	7	6	5	6	12	14	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.5 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	15	8	6	9	9	12	12	12	6	18	10	10	11	10	14	13	13	8	8	7	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 NE	-	1.3 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	-	1.4 NE	0.4 SW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	0.3 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	-	-	0.7 SW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	-	5	10	8	-	5	2	6	7	-	3	5	6	-	-	6	6	6	-	-

	Saturday 21					Sunday 22								Monday 23								Tue
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Kakanui River Mouth Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui 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 - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	2	0	0	3	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.1 NNE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	16	15	15	6	15	14	9	7	10	10	9	8	8	13	12	12	8	8	12	11	12
Energy(?)	1307	376	340	283	581	640	321	60	44	1184	821	681	578	659	911	718	511	114	107	62	72	83
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	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)	7:29AM 1.75								7:24AM 1.68				7:25PM 1.74				9:20AM 1.67				8:27PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)			1:37PM 0.23								2:23PM 0.25				2:12AM 0.30				3:14PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	12	14	15	15	15	13	11	13	15	15	16	15	12	10	10	10	11	17	17	15	20	14
Chill °C (?)	11	13	13	13	14	12	9	12	13	12	14	13	11	8	8	9	8	16	16	13	20	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	0.8 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.1 NE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	6	7	14	6	6	14	14	13	13	8	13	12	12	8	8	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 NE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	8	9	7	9	7	9	9	9	9	13	9	8	8	12	12	12	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SW	-	0.9 NE	1.5 NE	2.1 NNE	0.2 WSW	0.6 W	-	0.3 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.7 NE	1.3 NE	1.6 NE	1.5 NE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	8	-	10	5	6	2	3	-	2	10	10	9	8	8	-	-	2	4	5	6	6	2

	Saturday 21																Sunday 22
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Kakanui River Mouth Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui 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 - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	2	0	0	3	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	16	16	10	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	14
Energy(?)	797	884	359	355	115	447	523	165	163	301	303	283	571	259	821	506	465	209	207	183	241	297
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	7:29AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)						12:54PM 0.28														2:01AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	12	13	13	12	16	16	16	15	15	15	17	15	15	15	13	12	11	12	10	12
Chill °C (?)	8	10	11	12	12	10	16	14	14	13	13	13	16	13	13	14	11	11	10	10	8	9
Sunrise	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	1.3 NE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	15	6	15	15	7	7	7	7	7	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 NE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	13	15	10	10	15	15	15	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.6 NE	1.5 NE	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.8 W
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	2	2	-	4	4	10	5	5	5	5	6	6	2	2	2	2	2	4