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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	Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tue
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Brighton Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	0	3	2	0	3	2	2	1	1	2	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	1	0	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.6 SE	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	13	13	11	10	10	10	9	9	10	16	15	14	10	14	13	13	13	12	11	11	7
Energy(?)	235	277	318	338	675	623	314	172	165	106	538	819	303	18	418	364	314	265	189	128	177	260
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)		3:23PM 1.85	2:22AM 2.10		4:13PM 1.86	3:31AM 2.05	4:40AM 1.96	5:05PM 1.84		5:34AM 1.96	6:00PM 1.80		6:32AM 1.92	6:59PM 1.75		6:20AM 2.00	6:45PM 1.81		7:22AM 1.92		7:36PM 1.80	9:41AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)			8:46PM 0.10	10:08AM 0.04		9:12PM -0.01	11:01AM 0.02		11:20PM -0.00	11:55AM 0.03		11:27PM 0.02	12:48PM 0.07		12:03AM 0.06	12:44PM 0.18		1:06AM 0.12		1:47PM 0.23	2:26AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	3	-
High °C	17	9	10	16	20	15	14	13	12	13	16	14	20	23	13	14	12	11	15	15	14	12
Low °C	12	9	9	15	19	13	13	12	11	12	16	14	17	22	8	11	11	11	13	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	16	6	9	15	20	15	13	13	11	12	16	14	20	23	12	13	10	8	14	13	13	11
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	8:30	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:39	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.6 SE	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 ESE	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	7	13	8	11	10	10	10	9	9	10	16	15	14	10	6	13	13	13	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 S	0.1 NE	0.9 SW	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 SE	0.4 NE	0.6 SE	0.6 SW	0.4 NE	0.2 E	0.8 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	5	7	13	8	12	6	6	6	11	6	10	7	5	4	14	7	9	7	7	-	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.1 SSW	-	0.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	-	0.3 S	-	-	0.2 E	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	-	1.3 SSW	0.1 NE	0.8 ENE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	1.1 NE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	8	7	-	3	5	6	-	3	-	-	4	8	5	-	6	5	4	4	5	5	6	7

	Tuesday 04							Wednesday 05								Thursday 06
	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 - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach 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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	1.7 SSW	1.3 S	1.7 SSW	1.2 S	0.8 SSE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 S
Period(s) (?)	9	14	13	13	7	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	25	21	129	111	127	270	271	880	501	767	338	190	257	281	320	623	339	269	215	206	243	138
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:59AM 1.87				3:23PM 1.85				3:48AM 1.93					4:13PM 1.86			3:32AM 2.05				3:42PM 2.00	5:05PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)			8:23AM 0.12				9:38PM 0.06								9:13PM -0.00				9:46AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2
Temp. °C	13	16	16	12	10	9	9	9	10	10	15	15	16	15	15	14	13	12	15	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	12	15	15	10	8	8	9	7	9	7	14	13	14	13	15	14	13	12	15	12	10	11
Sunrise	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 S	1.7 SSW	1.3 S	1.7 SSW	1.2 S	0.8 SSE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	5	5	7	13	14	13	8	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.7 S	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.9 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	9	4	13	5	7	7	13	6	9	8	8	14	14	13	13	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	-	1.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-	0.3 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.8 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 NE	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.3 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	3	-	8	8	7	7	-	-	6	3	3	4	5	5	6	6	-	-	2	-	3	3

	Tuesday 04
	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 - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach 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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 NE	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	9	9	5	9	14	13	14	13	8	8	13	7	13	7	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	26	27	20	25	21	47	39	171	235	442	111	36	112	126	127	221	131	132	270	337	495	274
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:59AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)									9:15AM 0.08											8:22PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	15	14	15	16	17	17	17	13	13	17	12	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	13	12	14	13	14	15	16	16	16	11	11	16	10	9	9	8	9	8	8	9	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:32	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 S
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	13	5	7	7	7	13	7	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.4 NE	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 NE	0.6 SSW	0.4 NE	0.2 S	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	4	5	4	13	5	13	5	8	6	6	7	6	7	7	7	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.2 WSW	-	0.7 WSW	-	0.6 WSW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	0.7 SSW	-	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	11	3	-	3	-	5	8	8	8	-	8	7	7	7	5	5	7	-	-	-