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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	Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sun
	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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	4	2	3	2	1	4	2	3	2	1	1	3	0	4	4	4	3	3	0	3	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 SSE	3.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 NE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.4 SE	1.7 S	2.3 S	2.1 S	1.7 S	1.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	13	13	7	13	13	13	15	5	9	9	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	16	15	14
Energy(?)	1357	1688	659	387	75	4033	403	897	568	113	92	60	290	47	586	1102	955	637	578	564	193	104
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:13PM 2.09	9:37AM 2.41		9:39PM 1.64	10:43AM 1.76		10:47PM 1.67	11:22AM 1.80	12:15PM 1.76	12:38AM 1.68		1:07PM 1.78	12:35AM 1.76		1:01PM 1.85	1:20AM 1.79		1:43PM 1.85	2:01AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)		3:12PM 0.24		3:11AM 0.72	3:31PM 0.35		4:17AM 0.24	4:36PM 0.33		4:56AM 0.24		6:32PM 0.26	5:52AM 0.20		6:23PM 0.25	7:00AM 0.16		7:09PM 0.21	8:38AM 0.16		7:50PM 0.20	8:07AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	11	10	15	16	12	13	12	15	18	14	11	11	14	10	10	11	7	12	13	12	13
Low °C	7	10	8	10	14	10	11	12	12	13	12	7	10	10	7	7	9	5	9	12	7	9
Chill °C (?)	4	9	7	14	15	10	13	9	13	18	12	10	8	14	6	8	10	4	9	12	10	11
Sunrise	6:45	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30
Sunset	-	6:24	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.9 S	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.5 SSE	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 S	0.4 SE	0.5 S	2.3 S	2.1 S	1.7 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	15	9	9	13	7	13	9	13	9	9	7	8	13	13	11	10	10	10	10	10	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.6 SSW	1.1 S	0.7 SSE	0.3 S	0.2 NNE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	8	8	9	4	13	16	15	11	9	9	8	10	11	15	-	23	18	16	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.3 NW	-	0.2 NNE	3.0 SW	-	1.1 NE	0.9 NNE	0.8 NE	-	0.3 NW	0.6 WSW	-	1.7 S	-	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.8 NE	-
Period (s)	9	9	3	-	3	13	-	4	5	5	-	2	8	-	10	-	-	5	5	6	7	-

	Sunday 14							Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago
Rating	4	0	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	1	4	4	4	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.2 SSE	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.8 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 S	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	17	16
Energy(?)	1040	1487	1814	1442	2171	685	235	341	301	535	954	847	275	711	261	72	1112	2599	1391	822	327	640
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:36AM 2.38				8:54PM 1.62					10:18AM 1.74				10:05PM 1.63				10:20AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)	2:06AM 0.63				2:24PM 0.33				2:50AM 0.27					4:19PM 0.28				3:56AM 0.27				4:36PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	4	5	7	10	11	10	8	9	9	8	9	13	16	14	12	12	10	10	11	13	16	16
Chill °C (?)	1	-1	5	10	8	8	6	7	6	5	7	12	15	13	10	11	7	8	10	13	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	2.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.2 SSE	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.1 E	1.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	11	15	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	13	13	13	8	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 S	0.2 E	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	-	0.1 NE	0.2 E	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	13	10	13	12	14	14	14	14	14	8	12	8	8	8	7	9	-	5	12	18	17	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.3 NW	0.2 N	-	0.4 NNE	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	1.8 SW	2.4 SW	-	-	0.6 NE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	3	2	4	-	4	2	2	13	13	-	-	4	5

	Sunday 14
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago
Rating	4	0	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	1	4	4	4	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.6 S	2.1 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8
Energy(?)	1324	1341	1040	1275	1746	1645	886	1218	1093	1279	2028	1775	2022	1467	1688	1262	2015	514	1000	530	379	488
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)								7:58AM 1.77													8:28PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)			2:06AM 0.63												2:25PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	5	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	8	10	10	11	12	11	10	11	9	9	8
Chill °C (?)	2	-1	1	0	0	0	1	2	3	4	3	3	7	6	8	10	9	8	9	7	7	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	2.1 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 S
Period (s)	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	9	14	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	0.4 W	-	0.5 W
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	3	-	3