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 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Fri
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	3	3	3	2	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	1	2	0	2	1	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 NE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.2 SW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	11	12	12	11	10	6	8	8	5	6	7	10	8	8	12	12	13	12	14	13
Energy(?)	614	373	536	794	864	173	240	177	155	226	103	243	305	563	147	105	132	133	451	180	116	219
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	cross	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)		3:00AM 1.93		3:23PM 1.81	2:56AM 2.01		4:16PM 1.84		4:47AM 1.95	5:09PM 1.84		5:39AM 1.93	6:02PM 1.83		6:31AM 1.88	6:54PM 1.79		7:22AM 1.81	6:25PM 1.78		8:13AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)		8:43PM 0.16	9:22AM 0.20		8:32PM 0.04	9:07AM 0.13		10:35PM 0.08	11:07AM 0.13		11:25PM 0.07	11:55AM 0.13		12:14AM 0.10	12:41PM 0.16		1:01AM 0.16			12:41AM 0.17		1:31PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	18	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	13	12	12	14	13	17	19	17	16	18	14	11	12	11	12	14	12	17	14	17	15	13
Low °C	12	11	12	13	13	15	18	15	16	15	12	11	12	9	11	13	11	14	13	13	14	12
Chill °C (?)	12	11	12	13	12	16	19	17	16	18	14	8	9	8	11	12	11	16	12	17	13	11
Sunrise	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37	-
Sunset	9:12	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.4 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	11	10	11	12	12	11	10	9	8	8	8	8	9	7	8	8	12	12	13	12	6	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.2 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.4 NE	0.2 S	0.6 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.2 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.6 NE
Period (s)	12	11	11	15	11	11	12	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	8	7	8	8	9	6	14	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NE	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	1.1 NE	1.4 NE	-	-	1.1 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.2 SW	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.9 NE	-	0.4 SW	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	4	-	-	4	6	-	-	5	6	7	10	-	-	2	-	4	-	4	-

	Friday 30			Saturday 31								Sunday 01								Monday 02
	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	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach 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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	1.5 SSW	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.6 NE	0.5 S	1.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	9	10	11	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	6	9	7
Energy(?)	326	479	212	373	243	274	536	334	794	848	1032	864	756	604	466	139	128	98	201	292	61	214
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:28PM 1.78				2:03AM 1.95				3:23PM 1.81				3:54AM 1.95					4:16PM 1.84				4:03AM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)			8:43PM 0.16				9:22AM 0.20				9:41PM 0.11					10:16AM 0.15			9:26PM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	12	12	9	8	12	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	14	17	17	17	15	15	16	17
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	11	8	7	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	13	16	16	16	14	15	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31
Sunset	-	9:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.5 SSW	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.1 NE	0.5 S	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	9	10	11	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	6	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.2 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 S	0.3 ENE	0.5 S
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	10	10	8	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.6 NE	1.0 ENE	-
Period (s)	7	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	5	6	6	-

	Friday 30										Saturday 31
	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	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach 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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	1.7 SSW	1.1 S	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	0.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	12	12	11
Energy(?)	402	650	326	527	336	318	416	213	365	358	380	373	373	305	325	165	165	135	175	419	304	64
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:28PM 1.78												3:00AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)								8:43PM 0.16												8:15AM 0.18	9:22AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	14	12	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	11	12	13
Chill °C (?)	12	10	13	11	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	10	10	10	11	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.7 SSW	1.1 S	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	12	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	7	7	-	-	3	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-