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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	Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wed
	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 - Sandfly Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Shag Beach Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	1	0	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	1	0	2	4	1	3	2	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 ENE	2.1 SSW	0.7 SSE	1.5 S	1.6 SW	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	13	12	13	12	8	10	14	14	13	13	7	12	10	10	9	8	9	9	9
Energy(?)	161	58	72	26	159	195	117	285	431	303	93	137	41	15	1236	96	440	780	268	205	107	60
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			8:18PM 1.74	8:47AM 1.78		7:50PM 1.70	9:41AM 1.71		10:09PM 1.66	10:34AM 1.66		11:02PM 1.64	10:11AM 1.54		11:53PM 1.63	11:09AM 1.50		12:41AM 1.63		1:01PM 1.57	1:27AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)	12:55PM 0.17	1:55PM 0.19	2:15AM 0.19		2:45PM 0.25	2:09AM 0.23		3:35PM 0.31	3:59AM 0.35		4:26PM 0.37			5:19PM 0.41		4:52AM 0.47	5:16PM 0.45		6:48AM 0.47		7:08PM 0.43	7:42AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	3	3	-	-	1	1	-	1	13	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	16	18	15	17	18	17	14	13	15	18	21	20	13	18	16	13	14	15	14	17
Low °C	15	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	12	12	14	14	20	19	11	16	14	10	13	14	13	16
Chill °C (?)	15	17	16	17	13	17	17	16	14	11	15	18	21	19	10	18	15	11	12	13	13	16
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	9:30	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.4 NE	0.6 SW	0.4 NE	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 NE	0.7 SSE	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	12	9	11	8	12	13	6	16	10	9	14	13	7	7	9	10	10	9	8	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 NE	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	-	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.5 NE	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	8	11	9	13	9	5	12	6	15	14	8	11	13	13	-	10	10	10	10	8	4	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	1.0 NE	-	0.8 SW	1.4 SSW	-	0.5 NE	-	0.9 NE	-	1.0 WNW	2.1 SSW	-	0.5 W	1.6 SW	0.1 NE	0.9 NE	-	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	2	-	-	4	-	6	8	-	4	-	4	-	4	12	-	3	9	5	4	-	5

	Wednesday 07					Thursday 08								Friday 09								Sat
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	2	3	2	0	0	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	7	8	6	8	10
Energy(?)	64	104	101	101	73	44	10	68	76	69	64	126	242	299	290	537	240	182	285	247	431	201
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	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
High Tide / height (m)					8:18PM 1.74				8:47AM 1.78				7:50PM 1.70				8:19AM 1.71					10:09PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)			1:55PM 0.19				2:15AM 0.19				2:45PM 0.25				3:06AM 0.27				3:35PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	15	15	16	14	14	15	15	17	17	17	16	17	17	15	14	18	17	15	14	12
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	14	16	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	14	12	17	16	13	14	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	9	9	10	10	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	6	16	16	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.1 SE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	10	11	9	9	11	10	8	13	9	8	8	5	5	5	5	6	12	6	6	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.6 ENE	0.8 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 NE	-	0.7 NE	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	3	-	-	-	2	-	8	4	4	5	-	5	12	6	7	8	6	-	-

	Wednesday 07																Thursday 08
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	2	3	2	0	0	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	87	164	161	106	108	58	33	102	101	29	29	29	50	73	73	23	34	23	11	10	68	9
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)														8:18PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)						12:55PM 0.17	1:55PM 0.19													2:15AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	15	15	15	16	18	15	15	16	16	17	15	16	16	15	14	15	15	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	13	14	15	15	15	16	18	14	14	15	16	17	15	16	16	15	14	15	15	15	14	14
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 SW	0.4 NE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 NE	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	10	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	11	11	11	10	10	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-