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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Otago Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Otago Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Otago Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Otago Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Otago Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Otago Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Otago Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Otago Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Otago Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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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Otago Wavefinder

7 day 48 hour

	Sat		Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18			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 - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	2.5 E	2.5 E	3.0 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.4 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.6 ESE	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	18	17	17	15	15
Energy(?)	85	1587	1800	1980	1326	1130	1160	656	709	669	541	457	536	512	800	633	336	464	290	675	461	362
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			3:48AM 1.80	5:50PM 1.71		5:16AM 1.63	5:45PM 1.74	6:38PM 1.70	5:39AM 1.68		7:29PM 1.69	7:54AM 1.63		6:56PM 1.71	7:20AM 1.66		7:51PM 1.68	9:47AM 1.70		10:14PM 1.67	10:45AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)		10:33PM 0.31	10:35AM 0.20		11:21PM 0.30	11:34AM 0.22		12:46AM 0.24	11:59AM 0.21		1:31AM 0.24		1:51PM 0.21	1:21AM 0.29		1:45PM 0.26	2:16AM 0.28	3:10AM 0.23	3:40PM 0.25		4:07AM 0.22	5:33PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	10	10	7	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	7	8	9	6	7	8	9	10	11
Low °C	11	8	7	10	6	6	9	7	6	8	6	7	9	5	5	7	5	4	7	7	9	11
Chill °C (?)	8	8	9	7	6	9	8	7	7	6	5	6	9	5	8	9	4	4	5	8	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:10	-
Sunset	5:09	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	2.5 E	2.5 E	0.4 SW	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.4 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.6 ESE	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	15	11	11	13	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	10	17	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	-	15	13	19	16	15	14	14	13	14	16	14	13	6	6	7	7	18	17	10	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 ENE	-	-	3.0 E	-	-	-	-	0.9 NE	-	0.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	1.0 SW	-	-
Period (s)	11	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	5	-	3	7	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	6	-	-

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	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	7	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.2 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	1.8 E
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11
Energy(?)	3788	3678	4444	3276	1430	1293	1208	2145	1980	1996	1719	1676	1405	1086	1130	1081	970	996	902	902	974	723
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						4:34AM 1.63				4:39PM 1.79				4:53AM 1.68					6:38PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)				11:21PM 0.26				11:33AM 0.21					12:02AM 0.25			11:10AM 0.21					12:46AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	11	10	9	8	8	10	10	8	10	10	9	6	6	9	11	9	9	9	8	8
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	8	7	7	6	8	8	6	7	8	9	5	4	9	11	9	8	7	5	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 E	3.5 E	3.0 E	3.5 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.2 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	1.8 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	19	18	18	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 E	3.0 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-