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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	Mon	Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09
	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 - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach 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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Potato Point Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSE	1.1 SW	1.4 NE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	0.6 S	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	11	10	8	9	10	10	11	12	6	13	13	13	12	12	13	5	13	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	256	871	492	306	283	193	233	203	427	170	172	186	248	206	291	170	6	80	196	210	289	98
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	on	off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:54AM 1.98	4:50PM 1.91		5:18AM 1.96	5:53PM 1.81		5:54AM 1.97		7:47PM 1.74	8:13AM 1.74		8:39PM 1.69	9:04AM 1.67		9:32PM 1.64	9:56AM 1.60		10:24PM 1.61	10:47AM 1.56		11:15PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)	10:46PM -0.01	11:09AM 0.10		11:05PM 0.01	11:32AM 0.12		12:22AM 0.07	12:44PM 0.16	1:27PM 0.21	1:47AM 0.23		2:12PM 0.27	2:33AM 0.31		2:56PM 0.34	3:21AM 0.39		3:43PM 0.41		4:11AM 0.46	4:33PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	1	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	1	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	11	14	12	17	15	17	13	12	12	19	15	13	15	15	14	18	15	14
Low °C	8	11	11	9	11	13	11	14	14	13	13	12	12	16	15	13	13	14	13	18	14	13
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	11	11	13	11	17	13	17	13	12	10	19	14	12	14	14	12	18	14	14
Sunrise	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:01	-	-	8:59	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSE	1.1 SW	1.4 NE	0.8 ENE	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	11	10	8	9	10	10	11	12	6	7	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSE	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.2 E	0.5 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 NE	0.6 SSW	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	10	9	9	12	11	12	12	12	10	12	13	6	6	6	7	5	7	7	4	6	5	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	1.1 NE	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 NW	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	-	0.9 NE	-	0.8 SW	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	3	6	-	3	5	5	-	4	-	5	-	-

	Mon	Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04								Thursday 05
	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	Aramoana Spit Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui 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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Middle Beach (Moana Rua) Otago
Rating	1	1	4	4	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ENE	0.9 S	2.1 SW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.4 NE	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	6	10	11	11	9	10	10	10	8	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	10
Energy(?)	67	140	1378	1166	477	64	525	460	224	306	299	305	283	318	260	323	233	233	223	200	203	192
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- 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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				4:33AM 2.02				4:40PM 1.99				6:31AM 1.88				6:54PM 1.79					7:22AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)		10:37PM -0.01				11:03AM 0.09				12:14AM 0.10				12:41PM 0.16					1:01AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	9	9	11	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	11	11	12	13	12	12	11	11	14	17
Chill °C (?)	10	10	7	7	10	10	9	11	10	9	8	8	11	10	11	13	11	11	10	10	14	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.6 E	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	11	11	11	7	10	10	10	8	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 SW	0.4 NE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	8	8	8	9	9	9	11	12	12	9	11	9	9	12	8	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.9 S	2.1 SW	1.8 SSW	-	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	6	6	10	11	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3

	Monday 02				Tuesday 03
	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	Aramoana Spit Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui 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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Middle Beach (Moana Rua) Otago
Rating	1	1	4	4	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ENE	1.1 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SW	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	8	5	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	85	153	149	129	208	82	110	117	211	466	819	810	809	817	817	690	281	275	270	265	260	259
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)											5:39AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)				10:16PM -0.02													11:55AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	11	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	12	10	10	13	12	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	5	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-