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 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21
	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 - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	4	5	5	4	4	4	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	3	0	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.5 S	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 ENE	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	15	16	14	13	12	11	10	6	7	11	10	8	10	8	13	13	13	13	10	12
Energy(?)	1952	2948	3795	1774	1258	1420	452	285	224	135	142	117	339	244	149	96	182	197	606	286	622	713
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:02AM 1.62		1:16PM 1.56	1:41AM 1.69		1:29PM 1.72	1:49AM 1.78		3:36PM 1.75		4:01AM 1.82	4:19PM 1.80		4:44AM 1.84	3:54PM 1.85		5:28AM 1.84	4:18PM 1.94		6:15AM 1.81	6:39PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)		7:05AM 0.43		7:17PM 0.34	8:52AM 0.37		8:08PM 0.25	9:36AM 0.30		9:53PM 0.23	10:18AM 0.24		10:37PM 0.18	11:00AM 0.20		10:05PM 0.07	11:43AM 0.17		12:07AM 0.14	12:28PM 0.16		12:54AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	14	13	17	14	14	13	16	15	18	17	12	13	14	12	11	12	11	14	17	13
Low °C	12	15	14	12	15	14	12	13	14	13	15	14	10	11	12	12	11	11	10	11	15	11
Chill °C (?)	14	14	13	12	17	14	14	12	15	14	17	16	9	11	14	12	8	10	9	12	16	11
Sunrise	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.4 SSE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	15	16	14	13	12	11	10	10	7	7	10	8	10	8	13	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.1 S	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	14	13	13	9	11	8	8	7	7	8	10	7	11	18	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.9 NE	1.1 ENE	-	0.3 SW	-	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	-	0.5 SW	-	-	0.7 NE	1.4 ENE	1.3 NE
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	6	-	3	-	2	4	-	3	-	-	4	10	6

	Sat	Sunday 15								Monday 16								Tuesday 17
	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 - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S
Period(s) (?)	11	13	13	14	15	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	1805	2046	1224	1715	1357	3314	3896	3982	3613	3285	1533	1269	1095	1533	1012	3441	1081	1006	812	660	285	248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:01AM 1.62			12:49PM 1.63					2:35AM 1.74				1:55PM 1.63				3:18AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)					8:05AM 0.43				8:21PM 0.36				8:52AM 0.37				9:07PM 0.29				9:36AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	11	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	12	12	15	15	17	15	14	14	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	13	9	12	13	13	15	13	14	13	12	11	11	15	15	17	14	14	14	13	12	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	11	13	13	14	15	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	3.0 SW	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	11	13	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	2	3	8

	Saturday 14				Sunday 15
	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 - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 S
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	12	13	9	9	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	17	17
Energy(?)	524	1746	636	749	1936	333	333	1760	1760	1759	1004	1031	1158	2595	2138	2166	2891	3314	3301	3436	2451	2373
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)						12:26AM 1.64												12:49PM 1.63		2:11PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)														8:05AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	14	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	15	14	12	11	11	12	13	12	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	14	15	15	14	13	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 S
Period (s)	10	11	11	12	12	9	9	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SE	0.8 ENE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 ENE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	12	9	12	12	9	12	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.3 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	11	3	3	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-