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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	Sat		Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Sat
	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	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui 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 - 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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	2	3	3	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 S	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 S	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s)	18	16	16	14	13	10	16	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	16	16	13	12	11	14	14
Energy	358	940	667	316	277	65	205	71	54	51	44	45	49	43	55	45	74	505	398	105	1219	1116
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			3:37AM 1.83	4:06PM 1.96		4:31AM 1.82	3:38PM 2.03		5:29AM 1.79		6:02PM 1.93	6:30AM 1.76		7:05PM 1.89	7:34AM 1.73		8:08PM 1.85	8:37AM 1.72		9:09PM 1.82	8:23AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		9:35PM 0.11	9:53AM 0.07		9:38PM 0.07	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		2:30PM 0.20			2:40PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	5	-	-
High °C	10	8	7	8	8	8	7	7	9	10	10	10	13	13	15	14	15	16	13	12	9	10
Low °C	9	6	6	8	7	6	7	6	7	9	9	9	12	12	12	14	12	12	12	8	9	9
Chill °C (?)	8	4	4	6	7	8	6	6	8	10	9	10	13	12	15	14	15	16	11	10	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:00	-
Sunset	5:15	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:08
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 S	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	10	16	16	14	13	10	16	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	9	16	13	12	11	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	18	12	11	4	11	10	9	8	9	9	3	10	10	11	18	16	9	9	4	4	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.7 NNE	0.5 NE	0.5 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	3	-	-

	Saturday 16			Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tuesday 19
	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	Brighton 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 - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	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	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period(s)	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	10	17	16	16	16	15	15	16
Energy	358	370	688	940	783	783	667	477	316	312	294	277	258	202	65	105	205	231	88	71	61	59
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off
Tide State	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	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)						3:37AM 1.83				4:06PM 1.96				3:07AM 1.88				5:02PM 1.95				5:29AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)			8:20PM 0.09	9:35PM 0.11				9:53AM 0.07				9:38PM 0.07				10:46AM 0.06				11:22PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	8	7	7	6	6	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	8	7	7	7	6	7	7
Chill °C (?)	8	7	7	3	4	2	3	4	6	6	7	6	6	6	5	8	6	7	6	5	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	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	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	10	9	16	16	9	15	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 E
Period (s)	18	18	9	12	12	11	11	8	4	4	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	16	8	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 16											Sunday 17
	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	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay 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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Energy	390	402	358	356	354	370	376	659	688	655	940	940	803	793	783	783	783	783	662	675	667	545
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)																3:37AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)									8:20PM 0.09	9:35PM 0.11												9:53AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6
Chill °C (?)	7	8	8	8	7	7	6	4	7	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	2	3	3	3	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	17	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	9	17	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4