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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	Fri		Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach 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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	6	5	5	4	8	9	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 S	1.9 SSW	1.3 S	0.9 SSE	1.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 S
Period(s)	12	12	12	14	15	16	15	14	13	12	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	14	15	14	16	14
Energy	803	603	1065	1523	1330	1622	2418	1147	1249	510	225	501	5901	4210	3275	2515	7321	11371	4970	3813	3784	1334
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		9:09PM 1.82	8:08AM 1.83		10:08PM 1.79	9:26AM 1.69		11:02PM 1.77	11:29AM 1.73		11:16PM 1.69	11:20AM 1.68		11:16PM 1.88		1:08PM 1.74	1:28AM 1.69		1:53PM 1.74	12:51AM 1.80		2:37PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)				2:40PM 0.18		3:16AM 0.24	4:34PM 0.28		5:09AM 0.30	5:37PM 0.31		5:02AM 0.26	5:35PM 0.27		7:00AM 0.29		7:28PM 0.32	6:47AM 0.21		7:14PM 0.29	8:32AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	2
High °C	10	12	13	11	9	9	9	9	10	12	12	9	9	8	8	8	10	12	14	12	10	9
Low °C	10	10	12	11	7	7	9	9	10	11	9	8	9	6	6	8	8	11	14	10	9	9
Chill °C (?)	10	11	12	10	7	9	7	8	9	12	11	7	6	5	8	8	9	11	14	11	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:04	-
Sunset	5:08	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 S	1.9 SSW	1.3 S	0.9 SSE	1.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	14	15	16	15	14	13	12	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	14	15	14	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E
Period (s)	7	6	6	6	6	12	11	10	9	11	10	16	10	10	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	14	-	-	-	13	14	-	-	-	-

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	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.8 SSW	1.2 S	2.3 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.0 S
Period(s)	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13
Energy	803	731	506	603	1879	3413	1065	1392	1523	1676	1223	1330	1330	1297	1622	1043	2418	1434	1340	1147	1082	1400
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:55PM 1.85	9:09PM 1.82			8:08AM 1.83					10:08PM 1.79				10:35AM 1.72				11:02PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)	2:30PM 0.20				2:18AM 0.23				2:40PM 0.18					4:09AM 0.28				4:34PM 0.28				5:09AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	9	12	11	11	13	12	11	11	9	8	8	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	10
Chill °C (?)	10	9	8	11	10	9	12	10	10	10	7	6	7	5	6	9	7	8	8	8	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.8 SSW	1.2 S	2.3 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.0 S
Period (s)	12	12	14	12	11	12	12	13	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	11	15	15	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 S	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.2 S	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	7	4	12	6	13	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	12	16	11	11	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 22											Saturday 23
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	937	893	803	803	800	731	525	544	506	603	603	603	501	1895	1879	2077	2256	3413	3413	3413	1065	1100
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)								7:55PM 1.85		9:09PM 1.82											8:08AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)			2:30PM 0.20												2:18AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	13	12
Chill °C (?)	9	9	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	9	10	11	10	10	10	11	11	9	10	10	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	4	4	7	12	12	7	7	6	7	14	13	13	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 N	0.7 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-