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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	Wed		Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wed
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury
Rating	1	1	1	2	1	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	3	3	1	4	2	0	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 ENE	2.2 SSW	0.8 SSE	1.6 S	2.2 SW	1.4 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	13	12	13	12	7	8	14	14	13	13	7	12	10	10	9	9	9	10	11	9
Energy(?)	101	72	26	159	195	86	498	314	256	100	105	41	15	1288	147	490	1305	301	255	244	368	21
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)		8:18PM 1.74	7:26AM 1.82		9:14PM 1.70	9:41AM 1.71		10:09PM 1.66	9:14AM 1.62		11:02PM 1.64	11:25AM 1.61		11:53PM 1.63	11:08AM 1.50		12:41AM 1.63		1:01PM 1.57	1:27AM 1.64		1:47PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)		2:15AM 0.19		2:45PM 0.25	3:06AM 0.27		3:35PM 0.31	3:59AM 0.35		4:26PM 0.37		4:53AM 0.41	4:32PM 0.34		4:51AM 0.47	6:14PM 0.43		6:48AM 0.47		7:08PM 0.43	7:42AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	15	1	2	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	19	16	17	18	15	14	14	14	20	19	20	11	18	16	13	16	17	14	15	19
Low °C	16	15	17	16	15	15	14	13	13	14	14	18	19	10	16	14	10	13	16	14	15	18
Chill °C (?)	15	16	19	14	17	17	13	14	13	14	20	18	19	8	18	15	11	15	17	13	15	18
Sunrise	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-
Sunset	9:29	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:19
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 NE	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSE	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.3 SE
Period (s)	11	11	8	12	13	6	16	8	9	14	13	7	7	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 NE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	-	0.1 E	0.1 NE	1.1 SW	0.1 NE	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.4 SE	0.1 S
Period (s)	11	9	13	9	5	12	5	15	14	9	11	13	13	-	10	10	9	10	9	8	9	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	-	-	1.1 NE	-	0.4 SW	2.1 SSW	-	0.8 NE	-	0.8 NE	-	1.2 WNW	2.2 SSW	-	0.7 WSW	2.2 SW	-	0.8 NE	0.6 NE	-	0.5 E
Period (s)	9	-	-	4	-	4	7	-	5	-	4	-	4	12	-	4	9	-	4	5	-	3

	Wednesday 07			Thursday 08								Friday 09								Saturday 10
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs 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	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	10	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	17	6	6	7	8	15	15
Energy(?)	101	101	52	72	68	67	76	69	66	126	329	299	356	114	158	144	195	260	364	314	283	279
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	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)							8:47AM 1.78				9:14PM 1.70				8:19AM 1.71					10:09PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)	1:55PM 0.19				2:15AM 0.19				1:47PM 0.23				2:28AM 0.19				3:35PM 0.31				3:59AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	17	19	17	16	17	16	15	14	18	17	15	14	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	15	16	15	15	15	15	14	16	19	17	15	17	16	14	12	17	16	13	14	12	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	9:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:29	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 NE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	5	16	16	7	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	9	9	9	9	8	13	10	9	8	8	5	5	5	6	12	5	12	16	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.9 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 NE	-	0.8 NNE	-	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	-	-	0.5 NNE	0.9 NNE
Period (s)	9	3	-	-	-	-	-	8	4	4	4	-	5	-	4	6	6	6	-	-	3	4

	Wednesday 07										Thursday 08
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs 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	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	10	11	11	12	12	10	10	13	13
Energy(?)	104	102	66	101	101	101	99	23	23	23	72	72	36	12	33	19	20	23	50	90	76	76
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								8:18PM 1.74												8:47AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)	1:55PM 0.19												1:39AM 0.10	2:15AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	19	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	15	14	14	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	15	16	19	14	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	15	14	14	15	15	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	11	11	11	9	11	9	9	8	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.4 NE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	10	11	9	11	9	9	9	11	11	11	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	8	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	3	9	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-