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	All Day Bay 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 - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago
Rating	1	2	2	2	1	2	0	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	1	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	1.4 NE	0.6 SSW	1.4 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	13	13	7	7	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	11	8	12	12	5	11	6
Energy(?)	123	156	318	221	54	483	143	363	636	302	298	342	273	353	258	82	50	58	165	107	88	162
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	glass	on	on	cross- on	glass	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)			8:39PM 1.69	9:04AM 1.67		8:04PM 1.60	8:28AM 1.56		10:24PM 1.61	9:24AM 1.48		11:15PM 1.59	11:38AM 1.53		11:24PM 1.48	11:29AM 1.43		12:05AM 1.52		1:15PM 1.55	1:41AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)		1:08PM 0.25	2:33AM 0.31		2:56PM 0.34	2:22AM 0.40		3:43PM 0.41			3:41PM 0.49		5:05AM 0.50	5:02PM 0.50		5:11AM 0.57	5:31PM 0.53		7:01AM 0.51		7:19PM 0.46	7:56AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	2	-	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	-	-	-	4	-	-	3	2
High °C	13	14	12	20	19	18	14	12	12	12	13	11	11	12	12	17	18	16	23	24	20	12
Low °C	12	13	12	14	17	10	12	12	11	11	13	10	11	12	12	15	16	14	17	20	11	12
Chill °C (?)	12	14	10	20	19	18	13	10	12	11	12	9	11	10	12	17	17	16	23	24	20	11
Sunrise	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	9:06	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.4 S	1.4 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	13	12	13	5	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	8	7	7	12	10	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.2 E	0.5 NE	0.1 E	0.2 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	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 E
Period (s)	5	13	8	5	7	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	4	4	9	11	8	4	7	12	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	-	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	1.4 NE	-	1.4 S
Period (s)	5	-	7	5	4	13	7	7	-	-	-	3	-	-	5	-	-	4	4	5	-	6

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	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops 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 - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	11	13	13	13	7	7	12	12
Energy(?)	136	120	69	242	284	200	208	309	306	229	203	364	201	66	58	240	262	225	169	166	618	589
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	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	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					8:39PM 1.69				9:04AM 1.67				9:32PM 1.64				8:28AM 1.56					10:24PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)			2:12PM 0.27				1:29AM 0.29				1:56PM 0.34				2:41AM 0.39				3:43PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	13	20	19	16	18	16	12	10	12	15	13	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	13	13	12	11	10	10	10	10	11	20	19	16	18	16	10	8	10	14	12	11	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.0 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	4	13	13	13	13	10	7	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 NE	0.3 S	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	5	5	13	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	6	13	5	13	5	11	11	11	13	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	-	0.8 NE	-	0.6 NE	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	2	2	7	6	4	5	-	5	-	4	4	6	7	7	7	-	-	-

	Friday 06																Saturday 07
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops 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 - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 E	0.7 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	203	135	123	232	229	159	154	213	176	157	157	242	104	51	41	215	200	200	107	108	319	314
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	glass	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)							1:07PM 0.25	2:12PM 0.27												2:33AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	14	13	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	9	10
Sunrise	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	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	0.7 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.7 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	13	13	7	7	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	13	5	5	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	7	13	4	13	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE
Period (s)	4	-	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	4	7	7