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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	Sun	Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08
	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 - Ocean View Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	1	1	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	0	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	1.1 SW	1.1 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	6	7	8	7	12	11	10	9	9	10	12	12	6	6	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	187	137	133	151	1039	560	343	169	169	218	187	429	124	49	78	244	203	238	141	128	286	238
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:46AM 2.04	4:06AM 2.00	4:24PM 1.88		4:33AM 2.02	4:51PM 1.91		5:19AM 1.96	5:37PM 1.86		6:04AM 1.88	6:25PM 1.78		8:13AM 1.74		7:10PM 1.83	9:04AM 1.67		9:32PM 1.64	9:56AM 1.60		10:24PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)		10:20AM 0.09		10:37PM -0.01	10:46AM 0.09		11:27PM 0.02	11:33AM 0.12		12:16AM 0.09	12:19PM 0.18		12:40AM 0.17		1:29PM 0.22	1:53AM 0.24		2:56PM 0.34	3:21AM 0.39		3:43PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	1	-	-	7	-	-	-
High °C	16	18	19	10	11	11	11	12	14	12	17	15	20	14	13	13	20	22	14	13	12	12
Low °C	15	17	12	10	11	11	9	11	13	11	14	14	13	14	12	12	14	17	10	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	16	18	19	8	8	10	11	12	13	11	16	13	20	13	13	11	20	22	13	11	9	12
Sunrise	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	1.1 SW	1.1 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 ENE	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	9	7	8	8	8	11	10	9	9	10	12	12	6	6	6	13	12	12	5	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSE	1.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	10	8	10	12	9	8	11	11	9	9	8	11	12	14	13	6	6	13	13	6	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	-	0.3 S	0.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.8 NE	-	0.6 S	-	0.3 NNE	0.6 NE	1.0 ENE	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.7 S
Period (s)	6	-	3	7	12	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	10	-	2	6	4	-	3	-	4

	Sun	Monday 02								Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Brighton Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui 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 - Smaills Beach Otago
Rating	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	4	3	0	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 S	1.4 NE	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 SW	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 S	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	9	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	6	6	9	11	12	11	11	11	9	10	9	9	9	10
Energy(?)	85	229	239	134	228	205	133	154	149	150	266	1205	600	351	605	511	310	343	299	290	286	194
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				4:06AM 2.00				4:04PM 1.93				4:33AM 2.02				4:40PM 1.99				6:31AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)	9:26PM -0.01				9:58AM 0.09					10:37PM -0.01				11:55AM 0.13				12:14AM 0.10				12:41PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	16	17	16	20	19	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	10	12
Chill °C (?)	14	15	16	17	16	20	19	9	8	8	9	8	10	9	10	10	11	10	8	8	10	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 E	0.7 ENE	1.3 SSW	0.5 ENE	1.2 S	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 S
Period (s)	9	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	12	8	11	11	11	9	10	9	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.2 SSE	0.4 S	0.5 ENE	0.6 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	10	9	9	8	11	10	10	10	12	10	10	8	9	9	8	9	9	11	12	12	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 ENE	-	-	-	0.3 S	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	6	-	-	-	3	5	6	6	9	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 01				Monday 02
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Brighton Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui 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 - Smaills Beach Otago
Rating	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	4	3	0	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.0 ENE	1.4 NE	1.0 ENE	0.5 SW	1.3 ENE	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.6 S	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	12	6	12	9	12	11	7	7	12	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	111	103	108	108	189	187	236	138	103	243	104	59	104	107	250	256	130	130	130	144	144	330
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	glass	on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)									3:45AM 2.04	4:06AM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)			9:46PM -0.00													10:22AM 0.06	11:07AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2
High °C	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	15	13	12
Chill °C (?)	16	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	13	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	9	12	9	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.0 ENE	1.4 NE	-	1.4 NE	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SW
Period (s)	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11