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 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Potato Point Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	2	4	3	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.4 S	2.3 SE	2.5 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.0 E	1.6 E	1.4 ESE	2.5 S	1.7 ESE	2.5 SSE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.2 SE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	16	15	9	10	10	9	8	8	8	10	10	10	9	9	10	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	264	261	152	232	264	73	121	109	545	810	966	791	1150	839	386	1546	469	2587	1544	904	810	536
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)			4:26PM 1.92		4:52AM 1.82	5:20PM 1.92		4:55AM 1.80	5:03PM 1.97		5:27AM 1.80		6:03PM 1.92	6:28AM 1.75		6:52PM 1.86	8:02AM 1.67		8:58PM 2.46	9:02AM 1.66		9:40PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)	9:57PM 0.12	9:00AM 0.06		10:47PM 0.11	11:05AM 0.11		11:37PM 0.12	11:13AM 0.10		11:26PM 0.18	11:47AM 0.14		12:29AM 0.24		12:51PM 0.18	1:51AM 0.23		2:15PM 0.19	2:56AM 0.69		3:18PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	3	-	-	7	8	12	9	2	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	14	10	10	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	10	9	8	9	11	9
Low °C	13	12	11	8	9	11	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	7	9	8	6	8	10	8
Chill °C (?)	13	15	13	9	8	9	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	4	6	10	8	8	9	10	8
Sunrise	-	7:16	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.8 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.4 S	0.4 ENE	0.6 S	2.2 ESE	2.0 E	1.6 E	1.4 ESE	1.6 SE	1.7 ESE	2.5 SSE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.2 SE
Period (s)	6	6	7	8	15	9	10	10	9	10	9	8	10	10	10	10	9	10	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.1 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.4 S	0.1 S	0.4 E	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	1.4 S	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	16	7	14	13	19	9	10	16	9	8	9	20	12	16	16	9	13	13	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.5 ESE	-	1.2 S	1.7 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.3 SSE	2.5 S	1.6 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	8	8	8	8	-	8	7	8	9	10	9	9	8	6	7

	Fri	Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.4 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	7	13	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	10	10	11	10	10	9
Energy(?)	300	264	212	141	261	245	226	91	92	232	260	292	264	200	135	228	154	206	65	145	109	78
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				4:01AM 1.85				3:38PM 1.92				3:39AM 1.88				3:52PM 1.97				4:48AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)						10:17AM 0.12				9:31PM 0.08				9:51AM 0.06				10:46PM 0.13				11:05AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	14	11	13	11	12	15	15	14	10	9	8	8	9	10	12	11	10	10	11	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	13	11	13	10	11	15	15	13	9	8	7	8	8	8	11	8	8	8	9	6	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 ENE	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 SW	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	7	14	7	8	8	8	15	15	14	14	9	10	10	5	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 E	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	14	9	9	9	14	14	9	9	13	16	16	7	7	9	8	14	8	8	11	10	19	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NE	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	2.3 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	5	5	6	7	8	8

	Friday 17					Saturday 18
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago	Potato Point Otago
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 NE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 ENE	0.8 NE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	5	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	9	6	7	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	400	261	300	164	260	264	264	158	212	212	196	196	196	175	175	107	94	80	38	77	77	77
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)									2:50AM 1.89													3:32PM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)				9:57PM 0.12											9:00AM 0.06	9:25AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	14	15	16	18	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	12	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	9	8	8	8	8	8	10	13	15	15	18	17	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	0.7 NE	1.0 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 NE	0.7 ENE	0.8 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	14	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	9	9	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	7	7	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.2 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	14	9	14	14	14	9	15	15	9	9	9	14	14	14	9	9	12	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NE	-	1.0 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	7	7	7	7