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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	Wed	Thursday 17			Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tuesday 22			Wednesday 23
	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.2 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 E	1.4 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.3 E	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	11	16	11	11	11	11	16	11	15	15	15	14	15	13	16	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	603	1051	1029	737	643	436	582	366	308	412	356	344	318	568	425	172	490	921	425	472	273	290
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:43AM 1.60		9:06PM 1.95	9:41AM 1.94		10:06PM 1.91	10:45AM 1.74		11:11PM 1.68	11:42AM 1.79		12:07AM 1.70		12:38PM 1.83	1:02AM 1.72		1:41PM 2.02	12:57AM 1.79		2:28PM 1.88	2:50AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)	1:22AM 0.29		2:11PM 0.26		4:07AM 0.28	4:30PM 0.28		4:07AM 0.22	4:42PM 0.25		5:08AM 0.21	5:48PM 0.25		6:11AM 0.18		6:53PM 0.22	8:06AM 0.15		6:48PM 0.23	8:13AM 0.11		8:51PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	8	9	7	7	9	9	10	11	10	9	9	7	9	10	7	10	11	9	8	10	7
Low °C	5	5	9	6	6	9	7	7	9	8	5	9	6	8	9	7	9	10	7	7	8	6
Chill °C (?)	3	5	8	5	4	8	6	10	11	9	9	6	6	6	7	5	10	9	7	5	9	6
Sunrise	-	8:12	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 E	1.0 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.2 E	1.4 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.3 E	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	15	14	10	13	16	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 E	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	12	8	8	8	16	16	14	16	19	16	15	15	15	10	10	15	14	12	15	14	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	0.7 WNW	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.6 NE	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	8	4	-	-	3	4	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	3	4

	Wed	Thursday 17								Friday 18								Saturday 19
	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 - Blue Tops Otago	Shag Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair 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	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 - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ESE	1.8 E	1.6 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 WSW	1.4 ESE	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	16	16	16	11	12	11	13	11	16	15
Energy(?)	478	821	660	1016	1051	1053	939	897	750	737	645	561	643	525	519	572	521	469	458	478	620	616
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	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)	6:57PM 1.71				8:41AM 1.94					9:18PM 1.67				9:47AM 1.70				10:06PM 1.91				10:45AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)			1:47AM 0.27	3:12AM 0.30								3:10AM 0.23				3:40PM 0.25				4:07AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	6	5	5	5	8	9	9	7	7	6	6	6	7	9	9	8	6	5	7	8	10
Chill °C (?)	2	2	4	1	2	5	8	7	5	5	3	3	2	4	6	8	6	4	3	5	6	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.8 E	1.6 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	17	16	16	16	15	18	18	17	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.4 W	0.7 WNW	1.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NE	0.8 NNE	-	0.8 SW	1.2 WSW	0.7 SW	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	8	3	4	8	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	4	4	-	8	13	8	-	-

	Wednesday 16					Thursday 17
	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 - Blue Tops Otago	Shag Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair 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	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 - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ESE	1.6 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.9 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 E	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	469	588	439	486	593	603	693	930	1029	1084	1249	1292	1292	1312	1312	1312	1071	1053	1016	1155	1029	1029
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	6:57PM 1.71	7:18PM 1.66													8:50AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)									2:19AM 0.23												2:43PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	8	9	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	5	7	7	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.6 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.9 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 E	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	-	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	0.7 WNW	1.8 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	7	6	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	8	8	4	8	3	4	-	-