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 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach 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 - Boulder Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	4	2	2	2	2	3	0	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	0	3	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SW	1.2 S	1.6 S	1.0 S	1.5 SSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.3 NE	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	11	10	8	6	7	8	8	8	9	12	8	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	573	328	414	245	211	109	389	718	373	570	484	14	852	1236	933	2695	2161	562	831	550	131	198
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:23PM 1.41	7:28AM 1.55		7:48PM 1.42	8:21AM 1.51		8:42PM 1.39	9:14AM 1.50		11:00PM 1.44	10:10AM 1.53		10:31PM 1.44	10:31AM 1.67		11:20PM 1.52	11:50AM 1.65		12:11AM 1.63	12:38PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)		2:13AM 0.41		1:57PM 0.57	2:10AM 0.55		2:52PM 0.58	3:04AM 0.54		4:23PM 0.44			4:33PM 0.49		4:46AM 0.37	5:23PM 0.34		5:34AM 0.32	6:04PM 0.32		6:22AM 0.22	6:49PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	5	2	6	6	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	12	6	4	6	7	8	6	12	13	9	15	13	11	11	14	10	14	11	12	16	16
Low °C	13	5	4	4	4	4	7	5	8	12	5	11	13	8	9	13	7	11	11	12	14	14
Chill °C (?)	15	10	4	4	1	4	5	2	10	12	7	14	11	8	8	13	8	12	8	9	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:13	-
Sunset	8:20	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 S	0.4 SW	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SW
Period (s)	13	11	9	8	11	7	7	8	10	9	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.4 NE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	0.5 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.5 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	4	12	11	9	11	9	12	7	9	8	8	8	-	-	10	18	9	9	9	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 WSW	1.0 SW	-	1.6 S	0.4 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	0.4 W	0.3 NNE	0.4 WNW	0.8 W	0.6 W	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	-	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	-	0.6 NE
Period (s)	-	4	10	-	6	3	8	8	8	10	3	4	3	4	4	12	11	-	3	5	-	5

	Sunday 26			Monday 27								Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	3	3	3	2	5	4	4	4	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	11	11	12	10	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	9	7	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	808	975	518	328	3722	2720	1179	1126	245	399	191	212	380	348	280	208	218	449	565	824	336	299
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low-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
High Tide / height (m)							7:28AM 1.55				9:16PM 1.40				7:57AM 1.55				8:43PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)					1:16AM 0.52				1:56PM 0.57				2:11AM 0.55				2:50PM 0.58				3:05AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	2	4	2	3	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	1	1	-
Temp. °C	15	13	12	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	2	2	5	7	8	7	6	4	5	6
Chill °C (?)	15	12	10	1	1	2	2	4	4	1	1	1	-1	-2	0	3	5	4	3	0	1	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20
Sunset	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.8 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	13	11	12	12	10	9	8	8	11	11	7	7	10	9	8	9	8	8	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 NE	0.3 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	10	10	4	4	5	6	12	12	11	7	7	7	8	11	10	10	8	10	10	12	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 NE	0.3 WNW	0.8 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	-	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	4	2	4	11	12	10	9	-	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	9	7	8	8	8	8

	Sunday 26										Monday 27
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	3	3	3	2	5	4	4	4	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	1.8 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	10	9	13	13	10	10	12	11	10	6	6	12	12	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	920	1347	808	573	668	302	295	632	518	295	234	449	328	468	23	23	939	2720	2271	1441	1179	1151
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																			7:28AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)													1:17AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	10	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	5	5	5	6	7	5	4	5	5	6	5
Chill °C (?)	12	8	15	15	14	13	13	10	10	8	8	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	4	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.3 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	10	9	13	13	10	10	12	11	6	6	6	12	12	12	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 NE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 SSW	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	7	13	13	4	4	13	4	4	4	9	9	9	6	6	6	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.4 NE	-	-	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.6 W	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	3	7	-	-	3	3	3	2	2	-	4	4	4	10	11	11	4	12	11	11	10	10