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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	Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Mon
	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	All Day Bay Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	0	2	2	2	2	0	4	3	2	4	3	4	4	4	3	0	2	2	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 S	0.8 SE	1.0 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 SW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	4.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.5 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	6	5	8	7	8	8	8	10	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	10	10	10	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	139	30	125	290	485	184	209	1700	367	295	299	6467	934	2704	1272	362	355	460	129	242	81	127
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			7:49PM 1.42	8:19AM 1.51		10:09PM 1.41	9:14AM 1.50		9:38PM 1.40	10:34AM 2.10		10:30PM 1.44	11:00AM 1.58		11:45PM 1.50	11:49AM 1.65		12:11AM 1.63			12:58AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		1:57PM 0.57	2:11AM 0.55		3:17PM 0.54	3:47AM 0.43		3:57PM 0.97	3:57AM 0.49	4:20AM 0.95	4:33PM 0.49		4:45AM 0.42	5:18PM 0.41		5:33AM 0.32	6:21PM 0.29		7:27AM 0.22			8:22AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	5	10	6	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	7	4	6	7	6	11	12	9	14	16	11	9	13	11	13	14	14	18	16	16	15
Low °C	5	5	2	5	7	5	9	12	5	13	15	7	9	10	9	11	12	11	16	15	12	14
Chill °C (?)	3	3	1	2	3	1	8	10	8	13	14	8	6	12	10	11	12	14	18	15	16	14
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:11
Sunset	-	8:14	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	-	0.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.1 NE	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.5 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 SW	0.6 S	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	10	-	11	7	9	8	8	9	12	12	12	13	12	12	9	10	10	10	9	10	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	-	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.7 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 NE
Period (s)	12	-	9	11	8	11	10	9	8	8	4	-	-	-	9	9	9	5	5	8	10	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.8 SE	1.0 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.9 WSW	2.5 SW	-	-	0.4 WNW	4.0 SW	0.3 WNW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	-	0.4 NE	0.8 NNE	-	-	0.3 NE	-
Period (s)	6	5	8	7	8	3	4	10	-	-	3	13	3	12	12	-	3	5	-	-	4	-

	Monday 27							Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29
	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 - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	3	4	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	1	2	2	2	0	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.7 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	8	6	7	8	7	10	8	8	8	8	8	9	9
Energy(?)	1296	2468	902	1133	158	169	150	361	330	225	272	136	485	537	87	211	296	202	235	651	1253	559
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:28AM 1.55				7:48PM 1.42				8:21AM 1.51				9:12PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)	1:16AM 0.52				2:25PM 0.54				2:11AM 0.55				2:50PM 0.58				3:26AM 0.51				3:43PM 0.55	4:23PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	2	3	3	3	2	-	-	2	1	1	1	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	5	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	3	4	5	6	7	7	6	5	5	5	8	11	13	12
Chill °C (?)	1	2	4	5	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	3	4	4	1	1	1	4	9	11	10
Sunrise	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.1 NE	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 SE	1.1 S	0.8 SE	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 S	1.2 SSW	0.7 ENE	1.2 SSW	0.4 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	5	12	9	9	7	8	8	6	7	6	7	7	9	9	6	8	11	8	10	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.2 E	0.5 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 NE
Period (s)	7	6	6	12	12	11	11	7	8	10	10	9	8	7	6	10	6	11	8	9	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.9 SSE	-	-	1.7 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.4 SSW	0.3 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.7 W	1.5 SSW	0.3 WNW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	-
Period (s)	12	12	10	9	9	-	-	7	7	8	6	3	8	7	2	4	8	4	8	8	9	-

	Monday 27
	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 - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Smithfield Canterbury	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	3	4	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	1	2	2	2	0	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SW	1.0 S	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	0.8 SE	1.9 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	10	12	12	4	10	13	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	449	692	692	1296	294	2468	2832	42	902	83	888	1133	1110	1057	158	273	225	169	169	207	150	242
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							7:27AM 1.55													8:15PM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)	1:16AM 0.52												1:56PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	1	2	2	1	1
High °C	6	6	5	6	8	6	6	11	6	9	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Chill °C (?)	2	2	2	2	6	3	3	9	4	6	5	5	3	3	1	2	-1	2	0	-1	1	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.6 S	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.2 SSE	1.3 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 S	1.3 S	0.1 NE	1.3 S	0.3 NE	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.3 NE	1.0 S	0.5 SW
Period (s)	12	5	5	5	12	12	12	9	9	13	9	9	9	8	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 NE
Period (s)	5	9	9	7	6	6	6	11	6	4	12	12	12	11	12	11	12	11	11	12	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SW	1.0 S	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	0.8 SE	1.9 SSW	0.8 SE	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.9 SSE	-	1.2 S	-	-	1.2 S	-	1.2 S
Period (s)	4	12	12	12	10	12	12	4	10	4	10	9	9	9	9	-	8	-	-	8	-	8