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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	Sun		Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sun
	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops 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 - Cob Cottage Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu 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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	3	3	0	3	3	3	3	0	0	5	4	5	9	6	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 S	1.2 SSW	0.9 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period(s)	12	14	17	16	8	10	10	11	14	7	12	11	15	17	16	14	13	14	13	12	15	14
Energy	233	610	539	1302	699	723	599	514	356	380	3028	1830	6010	8240	5437	2775	1497	1030	1346	796	1312	1483
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:57AM 1.90		3:49PM 1.97		4:14AM 1.81	4:46PM 1.96		5:12AM 1.80	5:46PM 1.94		5:18AM 1.84	5:15PM 2.04	6:46PM 1.89	7:14AM 1.75		7:47PM 1.84	6:53AM 1.80		8:45PM 1.79	9:14AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		8:25PM 0.08	8:42AM 0.01		9:02PM 0.09	10:29AM 0.02		11:06PM 0.08	11:24AM 0.02		10:57PM 0.10	11:37AM -0.01		12:53AM 0.13		1:13PM 0.10	1:47AM 0.17		2:09PM 0.17	2:42AM 0.22		3:06PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	5	7	2	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	4
High °C	17	13	11	9	8	6	8	10	8	7	7	9	9	8	8	10	13	12	12	16	16	11
Low °C	17	11	10	8	4	5	7	8	7	5	4	5	9	6	7	10	9	11	11	12	13	11
Chill °C (?)	17	11	8	5	6	4	6	7	4	3	4	7	6	5	6	8	12	11	10	15	16	11
Sunrise	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:18	-
Sunset	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	1.2 SSW	0.9 S	0.2 E	1.2 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 S	2.2 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	14	17	12	7	10	10	11	14	13	10	10	15	17	16	14	13	14	13	12	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 NE	0.3 S	0.2 E	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.3 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.2 NNE	0.4 SSE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	16	5	10	12	15	13	14	14	5	12	12	15	-	-	-	-	18	5	10	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	-	0.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.9 SW	1.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	0.3 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	4	-	7	16	8	-	-	4	5	7	12	11	15	-	-	-	4	-	5	4	3	-

	Sunday 14			Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Wainakarua River Mouth Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops 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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 S	0.7 S	1.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	12	15	14	14	14	14	17	17	16	16	15	8	14	14	10	10	10	11	11	11	13	13
Energy	233	207	371	610	637	862	539	292	1302	605	628	699	587	835	723	646	599	653	616	514	547	474
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:54PM 1.95				1:57AM 1.90					3:49PM 1.97				4:14AM 1.81				4:46PM 1.96				5:12AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)			8:04PM 0.12				8:42AM 0.01					9:02PM 0.09				10:29AM 0.02				11:06PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	2	2	6	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1
Temp. °C	17	17	12	12	11	11	10	11	9	8	8	7	5	6	5	6	7	8	8	10	7	8
Chill °C (?)	17	17	12	10	9	9	8	8	5	5	6	6	3	4	2	4	6	6	5	7	4	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.2 E	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	12	11	14	14	14	14	17	17	12	16	15	7	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 NE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	16	15	5	5	5	5	10	10	12	12	12	15	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	4	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	-	-	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.5 W	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	3	6	7	5	16	6	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	3	3

	Sunday 14											Monday 15
	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs 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 - St Clair Otago	Wainakarua River Mouth Otago	Shag Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	1.0 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 S	0.6 S
Period(s)	12	12	12	13	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	15	17	17	17
Energy	238	240	233	490	218	207	504	371	371	520	524	610	600	600	637	727	1431	862	426	236	539	238
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			2:54PM 1.95											1:57AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)									8:04PM 0.12												8:42AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

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