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 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27
	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 - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops 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 - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Pipeline (Dunedin) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	1	1	0	3	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.2 S	1.6 SW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	1.3 SW	0.6 ENE	1.6 SSW	1.7 S	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 S
Period(s)	5	5	16	9	12	12	13	12	13	17	16	16	14	13	12	12	10	8	14	13	13	14
Energy	56	78	40	628	997	790	574	1981	4833	1728	2379	1565	1259	1230	1021	865	64	641	1145	1458	1501	1033
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:16AM 1.81		8:08PM 1.85	8:37AM 1.72		9:09PM 1.82	8:23AM 1.72		10:08PM 1.79	10:35AM 1.72		11:02PM 1.77	11:29AM 1.73		11:54PM 1.74	11:37AM 1.65	12:20PM 1.74	12:42AM 1.72		1:08PM 1.74	1:28AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)	12:16AM 0.18		1:31PM 0.14	2:08AM 0.21		2:30PM 0.20			2:40PM 0.18		4:09AM 0.28	4:34PM 0.28		5:09AM 0.30	4:43PM 0.23		5:18AM 0.24		6:35PM 0.32	7:00AM 0.29		7:28PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	10	8	9	10	11	12	12	9	9	10	9	11	12	13	9	8	9	9	10	8
Low °C	8	9	10	7	8	9	9	11	11	7	8	9	9	10	12	9	8	8	8	9	9	7
Chill °C (?)	14	14	7	5	8	10	9	10	11	8	8	10	8	11	12	12	8	6	8	8	10	8
Sunrise	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:05	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.2 S	0.8 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	1.1 S	0.6 SSE	1.1 S	1.7 S	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 S
Period (s)	5	11	6	10	12	12	13	12	13	17	16	16	14	13	12	11	11	8	14	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 S	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 S	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	10	8	16	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	10	11	18	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.5 SW	1.6 SW	-	0.7 NNE	-	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	0.1 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	1.3 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	-	0.4 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	5	9	-	7	-	12	13	-	-	6	4	-	-	12	7	8	-	3	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach 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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.9 NE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.2 S	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s)	12	5	12	18	5	6	16	8	9	9	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12
Energy	44	56	18	57	78	65	40	186	274	628	788	942	997	924	790	705	589	574	545	618	1981	3746
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:05PM 1.89				6:16AM 1.81				6:52PM 1.91				8:37AM 1.72					9:09PM 1.82			8:23AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)			1:11AM 0.17				1:31PM 0.14				2:08AM 0.21				2:30PM 0.20				2:17AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	8	15	15	15	9	10	10	9	7	9	9	8	9	10	9	9	10	11	10	11	12
Chill °C (?)	8	7	13	14	14	7	7	7	7	4	7	8	5	8	10	9	8	9	10	8	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 S	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	5	5	9	11	6	6	7	7	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 S	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	9	12	8	8	16	16	16	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	4	7	7	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	-	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.7 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	2.3 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	4	5	-	5	5	3	5	8	9	9	-	-	-	3	7	-	-	-	-	3	12	12

	Wednesday 20					Thursday 21
	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	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 - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Kakanui River Mouth Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Warrington Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.9 NE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.2 S	0.9 SW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	11	5	11	11	12	12	18	18	18	18	5	5	5	6	6	6	16	6
Energy	46	45	44	44	17	56	17	17	18	18	45	57	54	66	78	46	58	65	57	76	40	96
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:05PM 1.89											6:16AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)								1:11AM 0.17											12:53PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	10	9	8	14	13	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	13	16	9	9	10	10	11
Chill °C (?)	7	7	8	8	8	7	12	11	13	15	15	14	14	14	14	12	15	7	6	8	7	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	4	5	5	5	5	5	11	9	12	11	11	8	5	6	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	12	12	8	8	8	10	8	8	8	16	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	-	-	-	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	3	5	5	6