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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	Fri	Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Brighton Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 NE	2.0 SW	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 SW	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.6 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	14	11	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	11	8	11	10	10	6	6	6	15
Energy(?)	315	225	257	334	60	1658	640	307	292	292	237	351	141	197	71	84	51	61	83	61	172	91
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:37AM 1.66		9:32PM 1.64	9:56AM 1.60		8:58PM 1.53	10:47AM 1.56		10:00PM 1.49	10:26AM 1.44		11:04PM 1.49	11:29AM 1.43		12:54AM 1.61		1:15PM 1.55	12:22AM 1.66	12:46PM 1.59		2:26AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)	2:33AM 0.31		2:56PM 0.34	3:21AM 0.39		3:43PM 0.41	3:16AM 0.49	4:11AM 0.46	4:33PM 0.46		4:14AM 0.55	4:37PM 0.53		5:11AM 0.57	5:32PM 0.38		7:01AM 0.51			6:58AM 0.38		8:11PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	-	-
High °C	12	19	21	17	13	12	12	13	13	12	15	16	19	17	17	15	21	20	16	12	13	12
Low °C	12	15	20	10	12	12	11	12	13	11	14	15	17	16	16	14	17	20	12	11	12	9
Chill °C (?)	10	19	21	16	11	10	11	12	12	10	14	15	19	17	16	14	21	20	15	10	12	10
Sunrise	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 SW	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.7 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 S
Period (s)	13	12	13	14	13	8	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	11	8	11	5	10	10	6	6	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.8 SW	0.5 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	7	5	6	5	11	13	10	9	9	8	8	12	5	6	7	8	10	11	9	10	10	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.8 NE	-	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	1.0 NE	-	0.7 S	-	0.7 ENE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	1.6 SSW	-
Period (s)	3	5	-	7	7	13	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	8	-	7	5	4	6	-	6	-

	Fri	Saturday 07								Sunday 08								Monday 09
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	14	14	13	13	13	8	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	257	208	368	309	301	123	257	376	1237	334	295	238	272	262	242	711	608	593	636	637	653	297
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	on
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	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:39PM 1.69				9:04AM 1.67				9:32PM 1.64				8:28AM 1.56					10:24PM 1.61			9:20AM 1.62	10:47AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)			2:33AM 0.31				1:56PM 0.34				2:21AM 0.40				3:02PM 0.33				3:26AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	12	12	13	19	21	18	18	12	10	10	12	15	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	13
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	10	11	19	21	18	18	11	8	8	10	14	10	11	11	12	12	9	9	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	8	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.2 E	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.8 SW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	6	4	6	5	5	5	12	11	11	11	13	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	0.5 N	0.7 NNE	0.9 NE	0.8 NNE	0.7 NE	-	-	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	2.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	2	3	4	6	4	4	-	-	12	7	7	6	7	7	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 06				Saturday 07
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 NNE	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	4	12	12	12	4	5	5	13
Energy(?)	242	158	257	257	320	107	232	315	135	261	263	213	213	206	39	301	301	301	33	47	47	133
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													7:37AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)							1:29AM 0.29	2:33AM 0.31												2:15PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	15	16	16	17	17	17	18
Chill °C (?)	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	13	11	14	15	15	16	16	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 SSW	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	13	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	13	13	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	0.5 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	-