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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	Sat	Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01
	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 - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	0	4	2	2	2	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	5	4	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 SW	2.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.4 NE	1.7 SSW	1.4 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.0 S	2.1 SSW	4.0 SW	2.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	11	6	8	8	7	7	8	9	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	7857	1712	569	317	15	652	440	97	80	437	483	741	2677	1040	980	1216	297	1127	5854	1342	432	478
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		6:38AM 1.60		8:23PM 1.41	7:27AM 1.55		9:16PM 1.40	8:19AM 1.51		10:09PM 1.41	9:14AM 1.50		9:38PM 1.40	10:09AM 1.53		10:56PM 1.42	11:00AM 1.58		12:37AM 1.59	12:12PM 1.64		12:32AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)	12:25AM 0.47		2:00PM 0.41	2:13AM 0.41		1:51PM 0.40	2:59AM 0.43		2:52PM 0.58	3:47AM 0.43		3:44PM 0.55	3:57AM 0.49		4:28PM 0.39		4:45AM 0.42	5:19PM 0.41		5:53AM 0.31	6:04PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	3	3	8	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	9	13	11	7	4	4	8	9	6	12	13	11	14	16	11	14	12	10	10	13	10
Low °C	5	8	11	4	5	4	1	5	9	6	9	13	8	11	13	10	13	11	7	9	11	10
Chill °C (?)	5	7	11	9	3	2	2	5	7	4	10	11	9	14	15	8	13	10	6	8	12	9
Sunrise	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:27	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.4 NE	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 ENE	2.0 SSW	1.6 SW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.0 S	0.1 S	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	11	6	9	8	7	7	8	11	10	10	12	12	12	12	20	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.4 NE	0.3 SE	0.6 NE	0.1 SE	0.3 NE	0.2 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	0.6 NE	0.9 SSW	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	-	0.1 NE	-	-	0.3 NE	0.1 E	0.1 NE
Period (s)	9	7	10	5	9	7	11	11	6	11	7	10	12	8	8	-	8	-	-	5	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SW	-	-	0.7 WSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 S	0.4 W	0.3 W	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	-	2.5 SW	0.4 NW	0.7 W	0.9 W	-	2.1 SSW	4.0 SW	-	0.5 NE	0.7 NNE
Period (s)	13	-	-	4	10	8	8	3	3	8	9	-	12	3	3	4	-	12	12	-	3	4

	Sat	Sunday 26								Monday 27								Tuesday 28
	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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	5	8	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	4	4	4	4	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	1.6 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	11	12	12	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7
Energy(?)	4385	7857	2193	1958	1074	1805	1328	679	510	317	1456	2342	1154	1274	406	137	246	440	347	328	282	262
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)								6:58PM 1.47					7:28AM 1.55				7:48PM 1.42				8:21AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)		12:25AM 0.47	1:31AM 0.38				2:00PM 0.41				1:16AM 0.52				1:51PM 0.40				2:59AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	1	4	6	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	7	8	8	9	8	11	13	11	6	4	4	6	6	4	4	4	3	3	3	5	7
Chill °C (?)	5	4	6	6	7	5	9	12	9	1	0	0	3	5	2	1	1	1	-1	-1	2	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 S	2.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.4 SW	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	11	12	12	9	9	9	9	11	8	8	8	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.3 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 SE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SE	0.4 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.6 SW	-	0.1 NE	0.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	7	9	8	8	10	7	10	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	11	-	7	11	8	10	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	0.5 W	1.8 SSW	0.4 NE	0.9 NNE	0.4 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.3 NW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	-	0.9 SSE	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	-	-	3	13	7	4	3	4	3	12	10	9	-	9	8	8	8	8	7	7

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	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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	5	8	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	4	4	4	4	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.4 SSW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.8 S	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 S	1.3 SSW	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	949	1129	2021	2021	4500	755	6952	7809	1462	989	1463	995	829	1121	1725	262	994	691	676	251	573	251
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												6:39AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)						12:37AM 0.33	1:31AM 0.38												2:00PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	8	9	9	7	8	8	6	5	7	5	5	7	8	9	11	6	8	10	9	14	10
Chill °C (?)	7	4	5	6	4	6	5	4	3	6	3	3	6	6	7	11	2	5	8	6	14	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	2.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.8 S	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 S	1.3 SSW	0.8 S
Period (s)	13	13	6	6	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.3 NE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 NE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	8	7	9	9	9	6	7	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	0.5 E	-	0.5 E
Period (s)	4	4	13	13	13	-	13	13	-	-	4	-	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	3	-	3