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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Otago Wavefinder

7 day 48 hour

	Thu	Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 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	Jacks Point Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans 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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	5	5	4	4	2	2	1	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSE	1.9 SE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	12	11	13	14	14	14	13	11	10	10	14	14	18	16	16	15	15	16	16	15
Energy(?)	1342	692	748	593	972	3809	3232	1016	1094	342	234	143	690	424	254	788	778	243	334	568	1094	525
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	6:44PM	7:06AM		8:12PM	7:48AM		8:25PM	8:54AM		10:15PM	9:50AM		10:05PM 6:16AM	10:31AM		11:00PM	11:22AM		11:46PM		12:59PM	12:30AM
Low Tide / height (m)	12:40AM		1:00PM			2:20PM	2:47AM 12:43AM		4:37PM 2:12AM		3:39AM	4:04PM		4:17AM	4:36PM		5:06AM	5:25PM		6:21AM		7:05PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
High °C	9	12	13	11	13	12	12	13	14	12	13	14	12	12	12	12	13	17	17	18	16	11
Low °C	9	10	12	10	12	12	10	10	12	11	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	15	15	15	13	6
Chill °C (?)	6	10	12	8	11	10	10	12	14	11	13	14	11	12	12	11	13	17	16	18	15	8
Sunrise	-	7:31	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:24	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	1.9 SE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	12	11	13	14	14	14	13	11	10	10	14	14	13	16	16	15	15	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 SSW	0.1 SE	-	0.5 NE	-	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	15	13	13	12	11	10	10	11	10	10	13	13	8	10	18	9	-	4	-	5	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSE	1.3 SSW	0.8 S	1.1 SW	0.2 WNW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 NNE	1.1 NE	0.9 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	9	6	6	6	3	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	4	5	5	4	8

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	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Karitane Point Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	5	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.5 SSW	1.6 ESE	1.6 E	1.3 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	12	13	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	13	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1385	1342	1036	1012	692	646	748	920	658	593	606	379	972	1190	3809	2931	1454	3232
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- 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	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	6:44PM 2.49				6:43AM 1.73				8:12PM 1.92				7:21AM 1.70				8:00PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)			12:39AM 0.19				1:03PM 0.15				1:39AM 0.25				1:41PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1
Temp. °C	8	9	9	8	10	12	13	12	10	10	9	9	12	13	12	12	11	12
Chill °C (?)	5	6	6	5	8	10	12	11	8	7	8	8	10	11	10	10	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SE	1.7 ESE	2.1 SE	1.3 ESE	1.9 SE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 E	1.3 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	13	14	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.9 ENE	1.1 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	13	15	11	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	10	6	11	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	0.8 S	1.0 S	1.5 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	3.0 SW
Period (s)	9	9	12	13	6	-	6	6	12	6	6	6	3	3	14	14	-	14