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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	Fri	Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair 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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach 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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Tomahawk Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	1	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	2.3 SW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 S	2.3 SSW	1.7 S	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.5 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	14	15	16	15	14	13	12	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	15	13	13	12
Energy	603	1981	1364	1330	1053	2387	1147	1249	937	678	1542	2025	3649	2734	1144	1077	1514	3308	1359	636	414	603
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:09PM 1.82	8:23AM 1.72		10:08PM 1.79	10:35AM 1.72		11:02PM 1.77	11:29AM 1.73		11:54PM 1.74	11:20AM 1.68		12:42AM 1.72		1:08PM 1.74	1:28AM 1.69		1:53PM 1.74	2:13AM 1.67		2:37PM 1.73	2:56AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)			2:40PM 0.18		4:09AM 0.28	4:34PM 0.28		5:09AM 0.30	5:37PM 0.31		5:02AM 0.26	5:35PM 0.27	6:35PM 0.32	7:00AM 0.29		7:28PM 0.32	7:47AM 0.29		8:16PM 0.32	8:32AM 0.29		9:00PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	4	-
High °C	12	11	12	9	9	9	9	10	12	14	8	8	8	10	13	12	14	14	12	9	8	9
Low °C	10	11	11	7	7	9	9	10	11	9	8	8	8	8	12	11	12	14	10	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	11	10	11	7	9	7	8	10	12	13	6	6	6	9	13	11	14	14	11	7	6	6
Sunrise	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:04	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:04	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 S	2.3 SSW	1.7 S	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	14	15	12	15	14	13	12	12	11	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	15	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.1 S	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	16	11	10	9	11	11	16	10	10	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 23								Sunday 24								Monday 25
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair 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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	2.3 SSW	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s)	14	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy	589	603	525	3403	1981	1457	1364	1652	1223	1330	1496	1010	1053	1034	2387	1262	1340	1147	1585	1400	1249	1032
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	high	high	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)	7:55PM 1.85	9:09PM 1.82			8:23AM 1.72					10:08PM 1.79				10:35AM 1.72				11:02PM 1.77				10:03AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)			2:17AM 0.23				2:40PM 0.18					4:09AM 0.28				4:34PM 0.28				5:09AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	9	8	8	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	8	11	9	9	10	10	11	10	7	6	7	6	6	9	7	8	8	8	10	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	2.3 SSW	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	15	16	12	12	11	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	12	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	16	16	16	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 W	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 22					Saturday 23
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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 - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period(s)	13	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	14
Energy	525	544	589	603	603	603	631	525	525	534	2338	3403	3403	3112	1978	2074	2098	1457	1069	1237	1364	1504
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:55PM 1.85		9:09PM 1.82											8:23AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)									2:17AM 0.23												2:40PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	9	10	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	9	10	11	11	10	9	9	10	9	10	11	10	9	9	10	11	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	7	12	12	7	7	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-