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 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15
	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	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair 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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	1.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.0 S	2.2 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	10	14	9	9	9	14	14	13	13	13	9	15	14	13
Energy(?)	6172	1262	2464	1720	1515	738	590	518	583	676	420	390	290	335	297	398	486	116	174	191	362	533
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:21AM 1.70		2:47PM 1.84		3:01AM 1.75	3:28PM 1.87		3:41AM 1.79	4:10PM 1.87		4:25AM 1.80	4:53PM 1.85		4:54AM 2.00	5:20PM 1.99	6:05PM 1.76	6:26AM 1.71		6:33PM 1.74	7:02AM 1.74		7:31PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)		8:27AM 0.18		9:32PM 0.55	9:11AM 0.12		9:40PM 0.20	9:55AM 0.09		10:23PM 0.18	10:42AM 0.10		11:10PM 0.18	11:50AM 0.15		12:28AM 0.20		2:20PM 0.18	12:56AM 0.23		1:51PM 0.25	1:56AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	5	7	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	6	6	8	8	9	11	10	12	12	11
Low °C	4	4	6	4	6	7	8	7	8	7	8	7	4	5	7	7	7	10	8	8	11	8
Chill °C (?)	3	2	4	4	2	4	6	7	6	6	7	8	4	4	6	6	8	11	8	12	10	10
Sunrise	-	7:48	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:46	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	2.0 S	2.2 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	0.9 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	9	14	13	12	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	13	13	7	9	15	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 E	0.8 SSW	0.1 E
Period (s)	8	9	12	9	14	15	10	9	13	14	15	15	15	14	14	11	10	13	13	10	14	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	1.7 S	2.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	-	0.4 NE	0.7 NNE
Period (s)	16	7	15	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	4

	Fri	Saturday 09								Sunday 10								Monday 11
	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	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	7	4	2	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	1.5 S	2.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.2 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	6	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	10	11	11	10	10	12
Energy(?)	1235	6172	2442	268	2831	1166	1130	2117	1605	1720	1558	1517	1366	1343	1255	500	1196	516	625	570	1219	580
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:20AM 1.70				2:48PM 1.84				3:00AM 1.75					3:49PM 1.83				3:41AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)	8:16PM 0.30				8:28AM 0.18				8:58PM 0.24					9:25AM 0.15				11:26PM 0.17				9:55AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	5	5	6	4	5	6	7	6	5	4	4	5	6	7	8	8	7	7	7	8	8
Chill °C (?)	3	2	1	3	1	2	3	4	4	3	1	2	3	2	4	6	6	4	5	5	6	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.4 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.2 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	16	16	8	6	9	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	9	8	13	16	12	9	9	9	9	9	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	1.5 S	2.4 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 S	-	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	1.9 SSW	-
Period (s)	6	16	16	6	16	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	3	3	10	-

	Friday 08					Saturday 09
	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	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	7	4	2	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 S	1.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.7 S	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	0.9 S	2.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	6	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	1024	1121	1235	243	1970	890	1223	2442	5292	2442	1730	1730	1730	4357	4247	520	858	1166	2562	2496	745	2464
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									2:21AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)			8:15PM 0.30												8:38AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	6	6	7	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	6
Chill °C (?)	3	3	3	4	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	3	2	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.7 SSE	1.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.9 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 S	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 S	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	16	16	16	6	16	16	16	8	16	8	16	16	16	9	9	16	16	16	9	9	15	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.5 NE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	12	9	8	8	13	8	13	9	9	9	12	12	9	9	9	12	12	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.5 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 S	2.4 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	16	16	16	7	7	7	16	16	7	7	7	15	15	7	15