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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	Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thu
	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 - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago
Rating	1	4	4	2	2	2	2	3	2	0	2	1	2	1	2	0	2	2	0	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	0.5 S	1.3 ENE	0.5 E	1.1 SSE	1.6 SSW	1.7 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	0.9 SW	0.5 SSE	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	10	10	11	9	9	12	12	11	-	9	7	8	6	6	7	8	8	13	8	13
Energy(?)	173	102	63	389	638	389	177	833	893	167	0	66	172	36	98	246	295	257	165	336	78	219
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:32PM 1.73	2:04AM 1.88		1:28PM 1.77	2:04AM 1.95		2:24PM 1.85	2:57AM 2.01		3:02PM 1.95		4:47AM 1.95	5:09PM 1.84		5:39AM 1.93	4:50PM 1.91		6:31AM 1.88	6:54PM 1.79		7:22AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)			7:40PM 0.22	7:40AM 0.22		7:39PM 0.11	8:36AM 0.17		8:33PM 0.04	9:07AM 0.13		10:35PM 0.08	11:07AM 0.13		11:25PM 0.07	11:55AM 0.13		11:04PM 0.01	12:41PM 0.16		1:01AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	16	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	18	18	16	23	25	11	16	18	15	16	14	15	19
Low °C	17	14	11	13	12	11	12	13	13	15	17	15	20	13	10	13	18	12	15	13	14	16
Chill °C (?)	19	15	12	13	12	12	13	13	12	18	17	16	23	25	8	15	18	15	15	12	15	19
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37
Sunset	-	9:15	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 S	1.3 ENE	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.5 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.3 S	1.0 S	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	10	10	11	9	9	12	12	11	10	9	7	8	7	9	9	8	8	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.7 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.1 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 S	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.3 S	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	11	10	10	13	12	11	11	14	11	11	12	10	8	11	11	11	-	14	13	8	8	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 SSW	2.1 SW	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	0.4 NE	-	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	-	-	1.1 SSE	1.6 SSW	1.7 S	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.9 NE	-
Period (s)	-	5	11	-	-	6	-	-	3	-	5	6	-	-	6	6	7	-	-	3	5	-

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	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 - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSW	1.3 SW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.1 S	1.5 SSW	1.1 S	1.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	12	7	6	11	12	12	12	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	10	13	12	13
Energy(?)	104	90	65	57	131	294	253	1548	2465	676	1115	787	312	464	231	389	204	212	339	329	387	1100
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	high	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
High Tide / height (m)	1:07AM 1.83			12:52PM 1.68					1:07AM 1.86				2:28PM 1.78				2:03AM 1.95				3:23PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)			7:18AM 0.30			6:41PM 0.19	7:02PM 0.17				7:42AM 0.20				8:43PM 0.16				9:22AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	18	23	14	16	15	11	10	11	12	13	14	13	12	12	9	8	12	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	15	16	18	23	13	15	14	9	8	9	11	12	13	12	11	11	8	7	12	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.1 S	1.5 SSW	1.1 S	1.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	11	12	12	6	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	10	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	7	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	7	6	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	4	4

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	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 - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	12	7	8	11
Energy(?)	109	103	104	78	157	157	69	87	75	173	415	379	255	256	131	284	248	294	376	241	257	1037
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	1:07AM 1.83												1:32PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)						6:20AM 0.30												6:40PM 0.19	7:40PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	17	15	15	16	18	19	20	17	16	14	14	15	14	17	16	15	15	14	13
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	17	15	15	16	18	19	20	17	14	12	12	13	12	16	15	13	13	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:14	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 ESE	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	11	11	7	7	7	12	5	5	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	7	7	5	11	11	11	11	11	5	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	12	12	12	5	5	6	6	7	6	7	8	11