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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	Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thu
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Campbells Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago
Rating	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	4	4	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 S	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 S	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 NE	1.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.2 E	1.3 ENE	0.5 S	1.4 E	1.3 E	0.4 SSW	1.3 E	1.0 E	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	14	13	12	11	14	14	7	14	15	14	14	12	6	6	14	8	8	13	8	10	10
Energy(?)	862	1521	1157	374	381	206	81	87	1201	559	451	32	206	163	205	154	294	255	88	320	204	302
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		5:13PM 1.80		5:35AM 1.75	5:57PM 1.76		6:19AM 1.69	6:42PM 1.71		7:04AM 1.62	6:06PM 1.69	7:28PM 1.66	7:51AM 1.56		7:21PM 1.58	7:14AM 1.50		7:44PM 1.56	8:07AM 1.44		9:59PM 1.55	9:00AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)	11:07AM 0.21		11:29PM 0.22	11:47AM 0.24		12:10AM 0.27	12:27PM 0.29		12:51AM 0.32			1:32AM 0.37		1:46PM 0.39	1:43AM 0.48		1:30PM 0.49	2:09AM 0.55		2:25PM 0.54	3:46AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	8	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	21	20	18	18	17	10	9	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	14	15	14	14	15	13	14
Low °C	17	20	16	15	16	10	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	12	11	12	14	13	13	13	11	12
Chill °C (?)	19	21	20	18	18	17	9	7	9	9	8	9	8	9	10	12	14	13	14	14	13	14
Sunrise	7:54	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:03
Sunset	-	7:25	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 S	0.6 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	1.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 E	1.0 E	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	11	14	13	12	11	10	7	7	14	15	14	14	12	9	12	8	8	8	8	8	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.5 SW	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	11	13	14	10	13	8	7	15	11	13	12	10	14	13	10	10	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	-	0.3 E	0.8 ENE	0.5 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	1.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	-	-	4	8	-	2	4	4	5	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Thursday 02					Friday 03								Saturday 04								Sun
	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 - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	13	10	13	13	13	14	14	15	14
Energy(?)	596	1035	1521	1245	1041	1157	637	534	514	285	320	237	299	265	75	96	88	70	69	220	742	1245
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	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	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				5:13PM 1.80				5:35AM 1.75				5:57PM 1.76				5:02AM 1.72				5:23PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		11:07AM 0.21				11:29PM 0.22				11:47AM 0.24				12:10AM 0.27				11:11AM 0.27				12:03AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	6	3	1	-
Temp. °C	17	19	21	20	20	19	16	15	15	17	18	18	18	17	17	10	10	9	9	9	9	10
Chill °C (?)	17	19	21	20	20	19	16	15	15	17	18	18	18	17	17	8	9	9	8	9	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	13	10	7	7	7	7	14	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.7 SW	0.2 E	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.2 E	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 NE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	13	15	12	10	12	12	10	11	11	5	13	14	13	10	7	10	13	4	14	7	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.3 S	0.5 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	3	-	4	7	-	-

	Thursday 02																Friday 03
	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 - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.7 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	589	942	862	596	733	1035	733	1271	1521	1279	1302	1245	1453	1396	800	980	962	830	805	695	835	639
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																						4:11AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)					11:07AM 0.21											10:11PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	17	18	19	19	21	22	21	22	21	20	20	20	17	20	19	19	18	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	15	16	17	18	19	19	21	22	21	22	21	20	20	20	17	20	19	19	18	17	17	17
Sunrise	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.7 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.2 E	0.7 SW	0.2 E	0.5 SW	0.2 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 NE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	15	15	15	10	12	10	12	10	12	12	4	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	10	10	-	-	-