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 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22
	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	3	3	0	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	3	1	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 S	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.2 ENE	0.5 S	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.7 E	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	14	13	12	11	10	6	10	5	8	12	12	12	13	13	14	13	13	11	14	10	13
Energy(?)	1774	1758	1340	917	285	213	237	76	158	308	358	270	202	230	190	505	451	176	584	298	170	249
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	2:35AM 1.74		2:54PM 1.69	3:18AM 1.79		3:36PM 1.75	2:32AM 1.86		4:19PM 1.80		4:44AM 1.84	5:03PM 1.83		5:28AM 1.84	5:50PM 1.85		6:15AM 1.81	5:25PM 1.90		7:06AM 1.77	6:17PM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)		8:52AM 0.37		9:07PM 0.29	9:36AM 0.30		8:54PM 0.21	9:17AM 0.22		10:37PM 0.18	11:00AM 0.20		11:21PM 0.15	11:43AM 0.17		12:07AM 0.14	12:28PM 0.16		12:54AM 0.16			1:02AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	13	15	14	14	16	18	19	16	12	11	13	13	12	13	14	13	13	15	14	13	18	14
Low °C	12	14	13	13	14	16	13	14	11	10	11	12	12	13	13	12	12	15	13	13	15	13
Chill °C (?)	12	15	14	14	15	17	19	16	8	9	11	11	11	13	13	11	12	14	12	13	18	14
Sunrise	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 S	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 E	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	16	14	13	12	11	10	9	7	7	8	10	8	12	13	13	14	13	11	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.1 E	0.8 ENE	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 NE	0.6 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.7 SW
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	14	13	13	10	13	8	12	12	8	10	10	11	11	13	12	14	5	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	1.7 SSW	-	0.5 NNE	0.8 NE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 NNE	-	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.9 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	-	5	-	3	4	-	-	6	4	4	-	4	5	5	4

	Sun	Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach 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	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	1.2 ENE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	15	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	6	13	13	7	7
Energy(?)	3613	3193	1533	1285	1105	1548	1387	1326	1093	917	812	690	526	247	196	187	155	237	210	211	208	309
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:35AM 1.74				1:29PM 1.72				3:18AM 1.79				3:36PM 1.75					4:01AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)	8:21PM 0.36				8:52AM 0.37				9:07PM 0.29				9:36AM 0.30				9:53PM 0.23				9:05AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
Temp. °C	13	13	12	12	14	15	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	16	14	13	14	15	17	14	16
Chill °C (?)	11	12	10	11	14	15	12	14	14	12	12	12	11	12	14	12	11	13	14	16	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	15	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	13	13	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.8 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.7 SSW	0.5 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	8	14	13	13	13	13	9	10	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.2 ENE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	-	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	4	4	6	7	7	-	3

	Sunday 15				Monday 16
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach 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	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	16	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	3981	3728	2267	2031	1993	3193	2987	2959	2578	2511	2253	2193	1940	1119	1105	1104	1104	1018	1548	1524	774	1366
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	on	on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							1:08AM 1.71													2:54PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)		8:21PM 0.36												8:52AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	16	16	16	15	14	15	13
Chill °C (?)	13	11	12	11	11	12	12	13	12	12	11	12	12	14	14	16	16	16	15	13	15	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	16	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 S	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	16	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-