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 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			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	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui 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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SE	0.8 S	0.7 S	1.3 E	1.9 E	2.5 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	15	16	14	13	13	12	12	12	9	8	7	8	8	9	9	6	10	10	9	8	8	8
Energy(?)	63	170	88	54	75	63	34	47	157	132	111	124	143	188	194	208	765	1206	644	432	275	225
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:48PM 1.57	9:06AM 1.57		9:09PM 1.55	11:08AM 1.67		11:35PM 1.69	12:01PM 1.70		12:30AM 1.77	12:54PM 1.73		12:13AM 1.77	12:39PM 1.73		1:14AM 1.88		2:41PM 1.79	3:12AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)		3:18PM 0.35	3:37AM 0.33		3:37PM 0.37	3:34AM 0.35	4:30AM 0.32	4:05PM 0.35		5:28AM 0.30	5:56PM 0.27		6:30AM 0.27	6:14PM 0.23		6:29AM 0.25	6:51PM 0.16		7:27AM 0.20		8:55PM 0.12	8:50AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	3	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	11	12	13	11	14	13	12	13	13	11	13	12	11	11	12	12	14	16	14	14
Low °C	15	12	9	11	13	8	12	13	10	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	12	11	13	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	17	16	11	11	12	11	13	12	11	12	12	10	11	9	8	7	10	11	13	15	13	13
Sunrise	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	9:30	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:25	-	-	9:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SE	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 NE	1.9 E	2.5 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.0 E
Period (s)	4	16	14	13	13	12	12	8	9	8	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 E	0.4 SE	0.3 NE	0.3 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SE	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 NE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	8	8	4	7	9	4	10	12	12	13	9	12	8	9	9	8	9	13	15	15	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 E	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 E	1.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	4	4	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SE	0.3 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	11	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	10
Energy(?)	304	285	347	51	65	138	133	88	84	77	54	40	42	126	65	63	61	60	66	47	47	78
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	on	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:23AM 1.63				9:48PM 1.57					10:15AM 1.64			9:07PM 1.55				9:38AM 1.61	11:08AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)	1:49AM 0.35				2:48PM 0.39				3:37AM 0.33								3:33AM 0.35					4:24PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	1	3	3	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	12	13	16	15	12	11	9	10	9	11	12	13	12	11	9	8	8	13	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	8	11	13	16	15	12	11	8	9	8	11	11	12	11	11	9	7	7	13	13	12	10
Sunrise	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:29
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	14	14	14	15	8	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	8	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 SE	0.3 S	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	8	5	5	8	16	4	4	4	7	7	7	7	8	7	4	4	4	4	5	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.6 E	-	0.4 SE	-	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	-	0.3 SSE	0.4 S	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	4	-	-	4	3	-	2	-	2	3	4	-	4	4	-	-	3	-	3	3	3	3

	Friday 26
	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	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 NE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	9	8	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	9
Energy(?)	317	318	317	56	26	153	142	154	143	145	135	139	141	276	305	241	207	199	196	135	133	42
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)									9:23AM 1.63												9:48PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	1:49AM 0.35	2:49AM 0.33												2:36PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	-
High °C	10	12	12	12	11	9	11	11	12	13	14	14	15	13	15	11	11	12	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	8	10	10	11	10	8	10	11	12	13	14	13	15	11	14	10	10	12	11	10	11	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	5	4	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 NE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 NE
Period (s)	9	9	8	9	8	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	11	11	5	5	5	4	4	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	4	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	-	-	-	2	2	2