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 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago
Rating	1	2	2	2	3	2	0	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 NE	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	5	13	13	7	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	12	11	13	12	7	6	8
Energy(?)	103	155	315	213	86	282	157	366	645	302	287	277	279	346	132	110	71	137	89	94	89	107
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross	on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			7:10PM 1.83	7:31AM 1.78		9:32PM 1.64	9:56AM 1.60		8:58PM 1.53	10:47AM 1.56		10:01PM 1.49	10:26AM 1.44		12:05AM 1.59	11:10AM 1.56		12:05AM 1.52	12:24PM 1.46	1:15PM 1.55	1:41AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)		1:08PM 0.25	1:53AM 0.24		2:56PM 0.34	3:21AM 0.39		2:48PM 0.42	3:16AM 0.49	4:11AM 0.46	4:33PM 0.46		4:14AM 0.55	5:26PM 0.48		5:12AM 0.44	5:32PM 0.53		6:06AM 0.56		7:19PM 0.46	7:16AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	2	-	3	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	2	1
High °C	13	14	12	20	16	17	14	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	13	16	19	15	24	25	21	12
Low °C	12	13	12	14	14	10	11	12	11	11	12	10	12	12	12	14	17	14	21	24	12	12
Chill °C (?)	12	14	10	20	15	17	13	10	12	11	12	10	12	13	12	15	19	14	24	25	21	11
Sunrise	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	9:06	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.3 SSE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	13	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	12	11	13	7	10	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 E	0.5 S	0.4 NE	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.2 ESE	0.3 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	13	13	7	6	13	5	11	10	10	9	9	9	3	4	9	8	6	11	12	11	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.4 NNE	0.5 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.7 NE	1.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	0.7 S
Period (s)	5	6	3	5	5	4	6	7	-	-	-	2	-	-	4	-	-	4	6	7	-	4

	Friday 06							Saturday 07								Sunday 08
	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 - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush 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 - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	1	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	7	7	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	13	7	7	6
Energy(?)	247	203	65	67	69	242	257	203	207	309	306	234	203	368	411	611	266	132	229	136	160	67
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:51AM 1.77					8:39PM 1.69				9:04AM 1.67				9:32PM 1.64				8:28AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)					2:12PM 0.27				1:29AM 0.29				1:56PM 0.34				2:22AM 0.40				3:43PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	13	20	19	16	18	15	12	10	12	14	14	12
Chill °C (?)	13	11	10	11	12	11	10	10	10	10	11	20	19	15	18	14	10	8	10	13	12	11
Sunrise	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 NE	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 S
Period (s)	6	6	7	7	7	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	5	14	14	13	13	13	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.5 NE	0.7 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.8 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	6	13	5	12	5	11	11	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.4 NE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NE	-	0.9 NE	0.8 NNE	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	-
Period (s)	3	4	5	5	-	-	-	3	4	6	4	5	-	5	5	13	7	5	6	7	7	-

	Friday 06
	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 - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush 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 - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	1	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	13	13	6	6	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	13	13	13	13	13	7
Energy(?)	220	187	70	70	140	281	255	190	172	222	215	160	158	200	176	70	166	116	166	104	106	39
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	off	on	on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																			7:12PM 1.69	8:39PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)													1:07PM 0.25	2:12PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	17	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	15	15	17	12	11	9	10	12	12	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 E
Period (s)	13	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	13	7	13	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 S
Period (s)	5	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	13	7	13	13	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-