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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	Mon		Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Mon
	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	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay 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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Possums Reef Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 S	2.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.7 SSW	2.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	13	16	15	13	14	15	15	14	14	17	16	15	15	15	15	7	14	7	15	14
Energy(?)	165	77	100	2108	2358	1309	1314	1297	814	645	565	350	716	1132	498	184	348	70	215	734	557	328
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:23AM 1.87		3:49PM 1.89	3:50AM 1.99		4:38PM 1.89		5:04AM 1.96	5:06PM 1.91		6:49AM 1.87	6:00PM 1.85		7:50AM 1.83		8:20PM 1.68	8:54AM 1.79		9:25PM 1.64	8:45AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)		9:12PM 0.08	9:35AM 0.02		9:37PM 0.02	10:05AM -0.01		10:50PM 0.03	11:23AM 0.05		12:32AM 0.03			12:17AM 0.10		1:59PM 0.12	2:19AM 0.12		2:57PM 0.19	3:17AM 0.18		3:11PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	1	-	-
High °C	14	13	12	11	11	17	17	15	17	16	15	16	15	12	18	19	14	13	11	8	12	14
Low °C	13	9	10	11	10	12	16	15	16	15	13	16	12	10	14	17	8	10	8	7	10	13
Chill °C (?)	13	11	10	8	9	16	17	14	16	15	13	16	14	10	18	19	14	12	8	4	9	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:48	-
Sunset	7:49	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	2.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 NE	0.9 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	7	16	15	13	14	15	15	14	14	17	16	15	15	6	15	7	9	16	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.4 NE	0.5 S	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	-	0.8 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.7 NE	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 NE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	10	5	6	7	8	10	5	5	8	9	10	6	8	-	6	15	6	14	14	8	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	-	-	0.7 N	-	0.7 NE	0.8 NNE	0.4 NNE	1.3 NE	0.5 W	1.0 SW	1.6 NE	-	0.7 NNW	-	0.4 NNE	0.7 W	2.4 SW	-	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	4	3	2	-	-	4	-	6	5	4	5	3	9	5	-	4	-	2	4	7	-	3

	Monday 06			Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08								Thursday 09
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	2	1	1	1	3	3	1	1	2	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.9 S	1.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	13	13	13	14	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	254	144	129	77	525	541	100	168	430	1454	3261	1213	1327	1122	1309	1194	1314	1671	1671	1297	735	628
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					3:01AM 1.93				3:49PM 1.89				3:50AM 1.99					5:27PM 1.84				4:40AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)			9:12PM 0.08				9:35AM 0.02					10:54PM 0.03				11:21AM 0.01				11:42PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	13	10	7	6	10	12	14	11	10	10	9	9	12	17	17	16	15	15	11	13
Chill °C (?)	14	13	11	9	4	2	9	10	12	9	8	8	7	7	10	16	17	16	14	14	10	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.2 SSW	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 S	0.9 S	1.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	13	8	7	14	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.7 NE	0.4 NE	0.7 E	0.2 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	14	10	5	5	8	10	6	6	6	11	9	8	8	9	10	10	5	6	6	5	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.0 NNE	0.2 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.7 N	0.8 NNE	-	-	-	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	5	5	5	3	4	13	2	3	3	-	-	-	3	3	4	5	-	-	-	6	8	8

	Monday 06										Tuesday 07
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	2	1	1	1	3	3	1	1	2	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.6 SSW	0.7 E	0.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	8	8	8	14	8	8	8	8	8	13	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14
Energy(?)	271	158	165	168	204	257	144	126	129	139	259	125	121	525	1334	1334	1393	1494	1630	1758	1046	1346
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)																4:12AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)									9:12PM 0.08												9:14AM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	13	14	16	15	14	13	13	9	10	8	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	14	12	11	12	15	14	12	12	11	6	6	4	3	3	4	4	4	2	2	4	4	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.4 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 NE	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	1.2 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	8	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 E	0.4 NE	0.5 SSW	0.7 E	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	7	10	10	10	14	10	10	5	5	6	8	6	13	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.0 NNE	0.4 SW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 W
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	5	5	8	5	4	4	4	13	13	13	13	13	13	4	4