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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	Tue		Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tue
	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	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	4	3	3	3	2	1	2	0	0	4	3	0	2	1	0	5	2	0	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SE	2.1 SE	1.7 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	1.2 SW	1.3 E	1.3 E	3.0 SW	1.0 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSE	1.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 NE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SE	0.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	10	9	17	16	15	12	6	12	11	12	8	15	7	8	12	8	8	4	12	11	10
Energy(?)	1955	1151	897	856	554	175	87	216	533	1020	2733	280	326	68	278	4118	784	204	117	407	175	109
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	4:02PM 2.02		4:10AM 1.83	4:45PM 1.71		4:48AM 1.84	5:25PM 1.72		5:09AM 1.92		7:03PM 1.75	7:29AM 1.75		7:54PM 1.75	8:22AM 1.71		7:26PM 1.74	7:42AM 1.76		9:52PM 1.74	10:21AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)		10:10PM 0.57	10:20AM 0.22		10:34PM 0.12	10:59AM 0.20		11:17PM 0.13	12:05PM 0.27		1:14AM 0.20		1:37PM 0.23	2:01AM 0.23		2:23PM 0.25	1:53AM 0.29		3:14PM 0.27	3:48AM 0.31		3:43PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	4	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	2	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	14	14	18	18	13	14	13	11	14	15	15	13	13	12	16	18	19	17	16
Low °C	13	14	13	14	14	15	16	12	13	13	10	11	15	11	13	12	9	12	16	12	13	15
Chill °C (?)	12	12	13	13	13	18	18	13	11	10	7	12	13	15	10	11	10	15	17	19	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-
Sunset	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SE	2.1 SE	1.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSW	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.8 ENE	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.6 ENE	0.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 S	0.5 S	1.0 NE	0.8 SE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	11	10	9	9	8	7	7	5	12	11	11	8	7	5	14	13	8	8	8	6	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.1 S	1.4 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.4 NE	0.9 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.3 E	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SE	0.9 SSE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	12	21	8	17	16	8	8	11	8	12	11	10	15	7	8	9	13	13	11	12	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	1.6 S	-	1.1 S	-	-	0.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	-	0.6 ENE	-	1.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	-	1.0 NE	1.5 NE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	7	8	-	7	-	-	3	6	4	9	12	-	10	-	8	12	8	-	4	6	3	4

	Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18								Thursday 19								Friday 20
	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	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 SE	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.2 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 ESE	1.2 SW	0.7 E	1.4 E
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	17	9	16	16	16	15	14	14	12	14	11	6	14	12
Energy(?)	1429	1073	1807	1151	1647	1187	528	886	905	527	515	554	256	230	244	226	119	241	266	216	350	577
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	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	high
High Tide / height (m)		4:02PM 2.02				4:09AM 1.83				5:32PM 1.74				5:57AM 1.80				4:44PM 1.88				5:48AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)			9:54PM 0.15	10:14PM 0.17				10:19AM 0.22				11:47PM 0.20				12:12PM 0.23				12:30AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	13	14	12	14	12	12	15	17	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	15	20	14	14	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	12	14	10	13	10	10	15	17	12	14	13	13	14	13	14	15	20	13	13	13	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58
Sunset	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 SE	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	1.0 SE	0.7 SW	0.7 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	1.4 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	14	7	7	14	11	5	7	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	21	20	19	19	8	17	7	7	16	7	8	8	14	8	8	8	11	14	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	-	-	-	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	-	0.7 SW
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	6	6	-	7

	Tuesday 17										Wednesday 18
	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	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.1 E	2.4 SE	2.1 E	2.2 E	2.3 SE	2.1 E	2.3 E	2.1 ESE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.2 SE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Energy(?)	1203	1041	2354	1972	2253	2423	1640	2200	1723	1687	1689	1689	1124	1089	1446	1499	1213	1024	1093	991	897	395
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)											11:06PM 0.22											10:39AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	11	14	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	16
Chill °C (?)	12	12	9	12	10	10	12	10	9	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	11	11	11	12	11	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.1 E	2.4 SE	2.1 E	2.2 E	2.3 SE	2.1 E	2.3 E	2.1 ESE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.2 SE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	1.8 S	1.9 SSE	0.4 SE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	0.1 S	1.8 SSE	0.3 SSW	1.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	13	8	8	12	8	8	23	8	13	8	13	13	8	8	11	11	19	12	12	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 S	-	2.3 SSE	2.1 S	2.3 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.9 S	2.3 SSE	1.9 S	1.9 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	-	1.5 S
Period (s)	8	-	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	-	-	8	8	8	8	-	8