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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	Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Sat
	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 - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago
Rating	2	1	1	0	0	1	5	3	2	0	2	2	2	2	3	0	3	2	2	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSE	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	10	15	10	11	10	9	10	8	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	10
Energy(?)	250	166	179	47	130	24	2705	3093	549	246	263	200	212	113	554	320	609	233	217	200	249	113
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)			11:02PM 1.64	10:10AM 1.54		11:53PM 1.63	11:09AM 1.50		12:08AM 1.52	12:05PM 1.49		12:37AM 1.56		1:14PM 1.48	2:13AM 1.66		2:01PM 2.07	2:22AM 2.10		2:43PM 1.56	2:47AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		4:26PM 0.37			4:24PM 0.42		4:52AM 0.47	6:14PM 0.43		5:46AM 0.50	6:06PM 0.46		7:42AM 0.46		7:59PM 0.41	8:33AM 0.43		8:11PM 0.72	8:44AM 0.76		8:20PM 0.37	10:02AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	17	1	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	19	21	21	19	17	13	16	13	16	14	15	15	15	14	14	12	11	13	13	13	15
Low °C	12	18	17	21	16	11	12	15	11	15	14	14	15	14	13	13	12	11	12	13	12	15
Chill °C (?)	13	19	21	21	18	16	11	15	12	15	12	15	15	15	14	14	10	11	11	11	12	14
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	9:29	-	-	9:29	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:27	-	-	9:27	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 NE	0.9 NE	0.4 S	2.1 SSW	2.2 S	1.7 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	9	14	13	7	8	6	11	11	10	9	10	8	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SSE	0.7 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	11	11	8	10	15	10	11	10	11	10	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	7	12	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 NE	0.7 W	0.9 WSW	1.2 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.7 NE	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	-
Period (s)	5	5	5	3	4	6	10	11	8	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	-

	Saturday 10							Sunday 11								Monday 12
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	5	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	1.0 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 NE	1.7 NE	0.4 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 SSE	2.4 S	1.0 SSE	1.3 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	15	9	14	14	14	14	14	13	6	7	13	8	10	15	11	11	6	8	7	10	11	10
Energy(?)	229	304	306	378	301	161	243	105	63	395	78	152	130	243	465	715	78	790	104	378	3297	2377
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)							9:45PM 1.56	11:02PM 1.64				10:11AM 1.54				11:53PM 1.63				11:35AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)	3:03AM 0.33				3:32PM 0.36	4:26PM 0.37								4:46PM 0.39				5:31AM 0.83				6:14PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	3	9	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	13	13	20	19	18	19	17	20	21	21	19	19	12	11	11	11	12	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	13	20	19	18	19	17	20	21	21	18	19	9	7	10	10	11	16	15	15
Sunrise	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 S	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.4 SSE	2.4 S	2.1 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	14	14	14	14	13	13	6	7	8	8	7	15	14	14	7	7	13	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.1 E	0.7 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	15	15	14	5	5	11	5	11	6	13	13	13	10	15	7	9	11	12	12	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.9 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.0 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 ENE	0.8 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 NE	1.7 NE	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 SSE	2.4 S	2.1 S	1.3 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 S
Period (s)	2	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	3	3	4	4	11	11	6	8	8	10	11	10

	Saturday 10
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	5	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 E	0.1 S	0.2 E	0.3 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	5	14	5	14	14	14
Energy(?)	253	361	336	230	230	139	223	137	40	137	327	173	116	96	166	166	9	7	3	51	243	151
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)									9:41AM 1.60												9:44PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)			3:59AM 0.35													4:26PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	14	14	11	11	12	11	12	13	12	12	13	16	20	18	19	26	25	25	20	18	19
Chill °C (?)	11	12	12	10	10	11	11	11	12	11	11	13	16	20	18	19	26	25	25	20	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 NE	0.3 SSE	0.6 NE	0.9 SSW	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.5 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	5	5	5	14	5	5	9	14	14	5	5	5	5	14	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 NE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 S	0.7 ENE	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	9	15	9	5	9	9	14	11	11	5	5	5	14	5	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	-	0.6 ENE	1.0 NNE	-	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.8 NE	0.9 NE
Period (s)	-	3	3	2	2	4	4	-	4	5	-	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	2	5	5