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 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	6	5	4	4	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	1.8 S	3.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 S	1.9 S	2.2 S	1.6 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 S
Period(s)	16	15	14	13	12	12	11	15	14	14	13	13	15	15	15	15	14	12	12	11	11	10
Energy	1799	2133	1147	1127	905	353	415	2181	5491	3346	1412	1220	3653	5418	3125	3945	1616	1339	1459	734	622	234
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:26AM 1.69		11:02PM 1.77	11:29AM 1.73		11:54PM 1.74	11:21AM 1.68		12:42AM 1.72	11:41AM 1.86	1:08PM 1.74	1:28AM 1.69		12:27PM 1.84	1:11AM 1.65		1:37PM 1.71	2:56AM 1.64		3:20PM 1.71		3:38AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)		4:34PM 0.28		5:09AM 0.30	5:37PM 0.31		5:03AM 0.26	5:26PM 0.28	6:35PM 0.32	6:02AM 0.20		7:28PM 0.32	6:32AM 0.29		6:57PM 0.34	7:31AM 0.23		9:00PM 0.32	9:14AM 0.30		9:41PM 0.33	9:54AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	9	11	12	12	8	9	7	8	10	9	13	15	11	11	10	10	10	13	11	11
Low °C	8	9	8	10	12	8	8	8	7	7	9	8	11	14	10	10	10	10	10	11	9	8
Chill °C (?)	9	8	8	10	11	11	6	7	4	7	10	8	11	14	9	9	10	10	8	12	9	9
Sunrise	8:02	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:07
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	1.8 S	3.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 S	1.9 S	2.2 S	1.6 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 S
Period (s)	16	15	14	13	12	12	11	15	14	14	13	13	15	15	15	15	14	12	12	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.7 S	0.1 NE	0.6 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	12	11	10	11	11	11	16	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	16	10	11	10	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	1.0 S	1.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.9 NNE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	-

	Sunday 24							Monday 25								Tuesday 26
	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs 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 - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	1	0	2	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.1 S	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 S	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSE	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.9 SSW	1.8 S	3.0 S
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	15	14
Energy	1496	1002	1799	2308	2133	1246	1179	1147	1104	1269	1127	600	905	768	776	353	199	379	415	1465	2181	3224
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- 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	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				10:35AM 1.72				11:02PM 1.77				11:29AM 1.73				11:54PM 1.74				11:21AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)		4:09AM 0.28				4:34PM 0.28				5:09AM 0.30				5:37PM 0.31								5:25PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	7	8	9	9	8	8	9	9	10	10	12	12	12	13	12	12	8	8	8	9	8
Chill °C (?)	6	5	7	9	8	7	7	8	8	10	9	12	11	12	12	10	11	4	6	5	7	6
Sunrise	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.2 S	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 S	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSE	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.4 S	1.8 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	16	12	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	1.1 S	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.2 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	6	16	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	9	11	10	11	11	10	10	16	16	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	5	7	11	10	-

	Sunday 24
	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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs 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 - St Clair Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	1	0	2	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S
Period(s)	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Energy	1370	1422	1496	1496	1002	1002	1002	1061	1799	1799	1776	2308	2279	2161	2133	2233	1246	1246	1229	1212	1179	1163
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										9:26AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)					4:09AM 0.28												4:34PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	7	7	8	9	9	9	8	7	6	7	7	7	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S
Period (s)	15	16	16	16	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	16	16	16	16	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-