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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	Thursday 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thu
	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	Dunedin - Kuri Bush 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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	3	4	4	3	5	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	2	4	5	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.9 S	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 SW	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	8	8	11	11	11	14	8	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	570	774	284	1664	1403	4414	1008	322	445	111	101	90	157	27	45	369	1427	2432	1593	885	810	661
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	11:26AM 1.57		10:31PM 1.44	12:14PM 1.63		11:42PM 1.48	11:49AM 1.65		12:10AM 1.63	12:37PM 1.74		12:43AM 1.95		2:35PM 1.82	1:48AM 1.88		2:13PM 1.89	3:48AM 1.93		4:13PM 1.86		4:40AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)		5:16PM 0.41		5:34AM 0.36	5:19PM 0.41		5:33AM 0.32	6:03PM 0.32		6:21AM 0.22		7:06PM 0.22	7:30AM 0.13		7:34PM 0.12	8:00AM 0.05		9:38PM 0.06	10:08AM 0.04		10:29PM 0.01	11:01AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	12	11	13	9	9	11	9	14	17	15	16	20	16	14	13	13	14	21	17	24
Low °C	13	12	7	8	12	7	8	9	9	12	16	12	15	17	14	12	11	10	13	20	15	20
Chill °C (?)	15	13	10	9	11	5	7	9	8	14	16	15	16	20	16	14	13	13	13	21	16	24
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	8:25	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.9 S	1.2 S	0.1 SW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 SW	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	2.2 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S
Period (s)	12	12	13	13	20	12	11	10	10	8	8	11	11	11	5	13	9	7	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.9 SSE	0.1 NE	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.3 NE
Period (s)	10	8	4	8	-	-	9	9	9	4	11	4	5	6	14	5	-	9	14	15	15	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.7 W	0.3 N	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	0.6 NE	0.4 WNW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	0.5 NNE	-
Period (s)	3	3	4	13	12	12	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	5	3	8	12	12	-	-	3	-

	Thursday 30							Friday 31								Saturday 01
	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	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	5	5	5	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 S	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.6 S	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	634	740	570	1027	774	475	1198	1344	1711	1606	1664	980	929	2377	3749	4098	3876	619	1008	837	689	584
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:26AM 1.57				10:30PM 1.44				10:31AM 1.67				11:20PM 1.52					1:01PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)		4:39AM 0.41				4:51PM 0.46				4:45AM 0.42				6:10PM 0.35				6:31AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	8	13	15	16	15	10	9	6	6	8	12	14	12	9	7	6	6	8	9	10	9
Chill °C (?)	7	6	12	15	15	14	7	6	3	2	6	10	13	9	7	4	3	3	7	7	8	8
Sunrise	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 S	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	-	-	1.2 S	-	1.2 S	-	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	-	-	13	-	12	-	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.5 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	4	8	10	4	8	5	-	-	-	-	8	-	9	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NW	0.5 N	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.9 W	0.8 WSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	13	13	13	13	10	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 30
	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	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	5	5	5	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.5 S	1.1 S	0.6 S	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	579	599	467	645	509	228	550	561	570	645	85	382	121	1049	774	774	1363	682	1722	1958	6457	6652
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)										10:09AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)			3:57AM 0.49	4:39AM 0.41												4:32PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	5	8	5	7	7	10	13	13	15	15	16	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	6	6	3	7	3	4	5	8	12	11	14	15	14	15	13	13	12	10	10	9	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.5 S	1.1 S	0.6 S	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	10	10	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 S	0.3 NNE	0.3 S	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	8	4	8	4	8	4	8	9	10	9	6	4	6	4	8	8	8	5	5	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.4 NW	-	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	2	2	2	3	3	3	-	3	-	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	13	13