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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	Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Fri
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach 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 - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Shag Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	3	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.4 SW	3.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.1 S	2.4 SSW	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 S	2.2 S	1.8 S	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	2.0 SSW	1.5 S	1.2 S
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	14	15	16	16	14	13	12	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	15	14	17	15
Energy	909	800	594	2154	5690	1330	1061	2662	1329	1379	1028	766	1084	1036	1991	1161	1496	1188	1217	1534	1267	648
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	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		10:26PM 1.90	10:53AM 1.87	12:20PM 1.74	11:44PM 1.68		1:08PM 1.74	12:04AM 1.84		1:53PM 1.74	2:13AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		2:30PM 0.20			2:40PM 0.18		4:09AM 0.28	4:34PM 0.28		5:09AM 0.30	4:43PM 0.23		5:15AM 0.19			7:00AM 0.29		6:26PM 0.29	7:47AM 0.29		8:16PM 0.32	7:33AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	7	1	-
High °C	9	10	13	11	12	9	9	9	9	11	12	13	8	8	8	11	13	14	11	10	10	10
Low °C	9	10	10	11	11	7	7	9	9	10	11	9	8	7	7	9	12	13	10	9	9	10
Chill °C (?)	6	10	12	10	11	7	9	7	8	11	12	12	5	6	6	10	12	13	10	8	8	9
Sunrise	7:58	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:02
Sunset	-	5:08	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 S	2.4 SSW	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 S	2.2 S	1.8 S	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	2.0 SSW	1.5 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	14	15	12	16	14	13	12	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	15	14	17	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	1.1 S	0.4 NE	0.3 S	0.4 NE	0.5 S	0.9 SSE	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 NE	0.2 E	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	7	4	6	6	6	6	16	11	19	9	15	12	11	10	10	10	11	4	10	5	10	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.7 N	-	2.4 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	-	12	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 22							Saturday 23								Sunday 24
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs 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
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	2.4 SSW	1.9 S
Period(s)	11	12	12	12	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	15
Energy	774	942	909	922	800	736	589	594	2778	2914	2154	4278	5690	1726	1223	1330	1496	1076	1061	1099	2662	1644
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:37AM 1.72				7:55PM 1.85	9:09PM 1.82			8:23AM 1.72					10:08PM 1.79				10:35AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)	2:08AM 0.21				2:30PM 0.20				2:17AM 0.23	3:08AM 0.26			2:40PM 0.18					4:09AM 0.28				4:34PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	12	11	13	11	11	12	11	9	8	8	7	7	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	7	8	6	8	10	9	8	11	9	12	10	9	11	10	7	6	6	5	6	9	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	2.4 SSW	1.9 S
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	12	14	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	15	16	12	12	11	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 S	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	4	4	12	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	16	16	16	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.7 N	-	-	-	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	4	-	-	-	12	12	12	13	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 22
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	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 - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s)	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	12
Energy	1603	1276	774	772	895	942	942	894	909	907	922	922	937	800	800	800	800	736	525	544	589	594
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									8:37AM 1.72											7:55PM 1.85		9:09PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)			2:08AM 0.21												2:30PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10
Chill °C (?)	6	7	7	8	10	8	7	6	6	6	7	8	9	9	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 NE
Period (s)	11	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	4	4	4	4	4	7	12	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	-	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	4	4	4	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-