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 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Possums Reef Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	2	1	0	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SE	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.6 E	2.0 ESE	2.3 E	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	9	8	8	8	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	8	8	6	7	7	7
Energy(?)	42	72	64	36	43	67	103	80	60	213	238	270	572	733	956	534	381	219	209	187	167	79
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	on	on	off	off	off	cross- on	on	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	10:15AM 1.64		9:07PM 1.55	11:08AM 1.67		10:03PM 1.83	12:01PM 1.70		11:10PM 1.67	11:38AM 1.67		1:24AM 1.84			2:18AM 1.91		2:41PM 1.79	2:33AM 1.95		3:36PM 1.82		4:08AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)		4:07PM 0.33	3:33AM 0.35	4:30AM 0.32	4:59PM 0.30		5:28AM 0.30	4:58PM 0.30		5:29AM 0.29	5:54PM 0.23		7:34AM 0.23		7:56PM 0.16	8:35AM 0.18		8:09PM 0.08	8:50AM 0.12		9:53PM 0.07	10:31AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	11	14	13	12	13	14	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	15	14	12	12	13	11	13
Low °C	12	14	8	12	13	10	12	12	11	11	12	10	11	12	11	14	14	10	11	12	8	11
Chill °C (?)	12	13	11	13	13	11	12	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	14	12	10	10	12	11	12
Sunrise	5:46	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	9:31	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSE	2.0 ESE	2.3 E	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.0 S	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	9	8	8	8	8	10	9	6	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.3 NE	0.7 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	7	9	7	5	8	12	13	9	8	10	10	10	10	14	13	15	8	9	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.6 E	1.2 ESE	1.6 E	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	3	4	5	10	-	-	-	4	6	6	7	-	-

	Saturday 27							Sunday 28								Monday 29
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	71	67	106	39	41	135	116	64	62	69	64	35	43	60	69	109	106	58	63	90	87	95
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	on	on
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:44AM 1.61	10:15AM 1.64							9:38AM 1.61	11:08AM 1.67				11:35PM 1.69				12:01PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	3:37AM 0.33								3:33AM 0.35					4:24PM 0.34				4:53AM 0.31				5:56PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	9	8	8	13	14	13	12	12	11	10	11	12	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	9	9	13	12	12	12	13	8	7	7	13	13	13	11	12	10	9	11	11	12	12	11
Sunrise	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	4	7	7	9	8	7	7	7	6	7	5	9	8	9	12	12	12	9	9	12	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 WSW	-	-	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.2 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	2	5	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	-	-	-

	Saturday 27
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NE	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	13	13	13
Energy(?)	85	84	141	71	68	19	151	108	106	106	72	39	39	149	41	41	37	23	16	37	36	36
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)								8:44AM 1.61														10:42PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)																4:07PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	8	9	9	11	11	11	13	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	13	14	13	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	8	6	8	8	9	9	11	13	14	14	12	12	10	12	12	12	14	13	13	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	7	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 SSE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	13	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	3	-	-	-	-