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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	Sat		Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Sat
	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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury
Rating	3	0	0	3	3	0	1	1	1	1	3	0	2	2	1	1	2	2	3	3	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.4 S	2.3 SW	0.9 S	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.7 NE	0.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	15	16	13	12	13	8	4	6	11	11	16	16	15	14	6	13	8	13	12	13	14	13
Energy(?)	795	208	1180	615	2425	155	76	90	74	141	270	273	237	286	62	100	71	158	420	559	50	13
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	off	off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		7:54PM 1.75	8:22AM 1.71		7:25PM 1.74	8:19AM 1.63		9:52PM 1.74	10:21AM 1.65		9:34PM 1.69	10:32AM 1.58		11:56PM 1.78	12:23PM 1.68		12:56AM 1.82			1:19AM 1.84		1:20PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)		2:01AM 0.23		1:45PM 0.28	1:51AM 0.29		3:14PM 0.27	3:48AM 0.31		4:11PM 0.29		4:27AM 0.35	5:14PM 0.30		5:58AM 0.35	6:21PM 0.29		7:07AM 0.33	6:33PM 0.20		8:12AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	16	19	12	17	18	16	15	15	12	18	18	17	13	11	12	12	12	11	13	12
Low °C	13	12	12	16	10	13	16	12	14	13	11	13	16	12	13	10	9	10	12	9	11	12
Chill °C (?)	11	12	14	18	9	16	17	15	14	14	11	17	17	17	12	8	10	10	10	11	13	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-
Sunset	8:39	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:23
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	0.9 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 E	1.7 SSW	0.9 S	0.5 S	1.0 NE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	8	6	6	9	8	8	7	6	11	11	10	16	15	7	6	7	8	7	12	13	6	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 S	0.2 E
Period (s)	15	8	9	6	13	12	9	7	6	6	7	10	10	14	14	13	13	13	8	7	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NE	0.3 WNW	1.8 SW	1.4 S	2.3 SW	0.2 NNE	1.1 NE	-	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	1.3 NE	-	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	3	13	12	13	2	4	-	6	7	7	4	6	-	4	5	5	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 21			Sunday 22								Monday 23								Tuesday 24
	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 - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	0	0	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE
Period(s) (?)	15	15	16	15	14	6	13	10	10	9	13	8	9	9	12	8	8	8	8	6	11	11
Energy(?)	322	302	259	613	321	60	1180	1105	966	601	2554	635	569	453	582	146	88	73	55	79	47	78
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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 Tide / height (m)			7:54PM 1.75				8:22AM 1.71				7:25PM 1.74				9:20AM 1.67				8:27PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)	1:37PM 0.23								2:23PM 0.25				2:52AM 0.27				3:14PM 0.27				3:48AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	13	13	12	12	12	16	16	14	12	11	10	11	12	17	17	16	21	19	13	12
Chill °C (?)	14	13	12	12	10	11	8	14	14	12	11	11	9	10	10	16	16	14	21	19	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	6	6	14	6	6	13	13	14	9	6	9	9	12	8	8	8	8	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 NE	0.4 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.3 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	15	15	8	15	6	9	9	9	9	9	13	13	13	12	9	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	1.3 NE	1.8 NNE	0.4 W	0.7 W	-	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.8 NE	1.3 NE	1.6 NE	1.3 NE	-	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	10	5	6	3	3	-	13	10	10	9	13	8	-	-	8	4	5	6	6	-	3	5

	Saturday 21										Sunday 22
	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 - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	0	0	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 NE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 ENE	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	15	5	15	16	16	16	15	6	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	6	13	13
Energy(?)	349	344	322	762	579	187	302	259	259	260	334	98	509	377	377	163	164	161	190	50	1180	1197
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							7:54PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)	1:37PM 0.23													2:01AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	16	14	19	16	14	14	13	13	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	14	12	13
Chill °C (?)	14	15	14	11	19	14	12	12	12	11	11	13	12	12	11	11	10	8	8	12	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 S	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 ENE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SE	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	15	10	15	8	8	8	15	8	15	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	1.0 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.8 NNE	1.8 NNE	0.3 WNW	-	0.5 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	-	10	10	10	5	5	5	5	6	6	2	-	3	2	2	-	4	4	4	2	13	13