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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	Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Fri
	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	Warrington Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago
Rating	1	1	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 S	2.1 SSW	1.5 S	1.7 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.7 SW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	16	16	15	14	12	12	11	12	11	14	15	9	9	8	14	8	13	13	10	15
Energy(?)	117	86	6636	2467	1108	1720	1376	630	1206	85	877	1041	1008	641	389	230	371	151	265	111	407	1540
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:08PM 1.79	2:20AM 1.70		3:02PM 1.81		3:01AM 1.75	3:02PM 1.99		4:18AM 2.18	4:10PM 1.87		4:06AM 2.00	4:54PM 1.85		6:27AM 2.08	5:41PM 1.80		6:04AM 1.78		6:13PM 1.92	6:46AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)			8:15PM 0.30	8:27AM 0.18		9:32PM 0.55	9:11AM 0.12		9:39PM 0.20	10:38AM 0.47		10:24PM 0.18	11:00AM 0.13		11:11PM 0.18			12:01AM 0.20		12:41PM 0.20	1:08AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	9	6	6	6	5	7	8	8	10	8	7	8	8	6	8	8	8	10	11	10	9
Low °C	6	8	4	5	5	5	7	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	5	5	8	7	8	10	6	7
Chill °C (?)	5	5	3	1	3	3	4	6	5	8	4	3	6	7	4	8	6	6	9	11	9	7
Sunrise	7:47	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37
Sunset	-	5:37	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 S	2.1 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	0.5 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	7	8	16	16	15	14	12	12	11	10	12	14	9	9	9	8	8	8	13	8	10	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.5 S	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 SW	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.4 E	0.5 S	0.3 E
Period (s)	13	17	8	9	9	9	14	14	13	12	17	11	15	14	11	11	14	10	9	10	18	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	1.5 S	-	-	-	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.4 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	16	7	8	-	-	-	11	10	11	9	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-

	Friday 08							Saturday 09								Sunday 10
	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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Warrington Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	4	1	8	2	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 ENE	1.5 S	1.5 SSW	0.5 ENE	3.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 S
Period(s) (?)	8	8	18	18	8	7	16	8	16	6	16	16	15	14	15	12	14	14	14	12	12	12
Energy(?)	208	227	369	429	86	305	1267	71	7168	252	2831	1098	3139	4227	1458	1008	1537	1387	1380	1352	1283	1080
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	1:17AM 1.75				2:22PM 1.76				2:20AM 1.70				2:20PM 1.93				3:00AM 1.75					3:02PM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)			7:45AM 0.25				8:16PM 0.30				8:28AM 0.18				8:58PM 0.24	10:41PM 0.16				9:25AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	8	5	8	9	6	6	6	4	5	4	4	6	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	8
Chill °C (?)	10	7	1	5	6	3	3	2	0	3	0	0	2	3	3	2	3	3	5	4	4	5
Sunrise	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 SSE	1.5 SSW	1.1 S	2.2 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.4 ENE	1.2 SSW	0.6 ENE	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	7	16	16	16	6	9	16	9	15	15	12	14	14	14	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	18	18	17	12	9	8	8	16	12	9	12	9	9	15	15	14	14	14	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SW	-	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.7 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW
Period (s)	3	-	7	7	6	7	7	7	16	6	16	8	15	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Friday 08
	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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Warrington Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	4	1	8	2	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.5 SSW	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	19	19	8	13	19	7	18	13	18	7	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	204	191	131	129	142	53	174	118	369	52	366	283	364	397	365	434	778	880	1028	1457	1625	1728
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:42AM 1.65													2:08PM 1.79	3:10PM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)								7:51AM 0.23													8:19PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1
High °C	11	10	9	8	9	10	6	6	5	9	7	8	8	9	9	8	8	7	6	7	6	6
Chill °C (?)	10	10	7	6	9	9	1	0	1	5	4	5	4	6	6	4	5	4	2	2	2	1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 NE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	7	8	6	8	7	8	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	18	13	18	18	18	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	0.3 SW	-	0.3 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	-	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	2	-	-	-	3	-	2	5	7	-	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7