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 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago
Rating	0	3	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	3	3	2	0	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	1.9 SW	2.2 SSW	2.0 S	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.4 S	1.0 S	0.6 SSW	2.5 NE	2.0 ENE	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	1.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 ENE	0.9 SW	0.5 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	12	8	8	10	10	13	13	10	15	8	10	14	14	10	12	12	9	14	4	14	10	14
Energy(?)	99	999	869	761	1084	1145	643	408	292	1422	885	232	115	688	59	155	80	287	10	386	252	432
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:07PM 1.78	1:29AM 1.70		1:57PM 1.78	1:20AM 1.79		2:43PM 1.77	2:00AM 1.80	3:04AM 1.72	3:28PM 1.74			4:10PM 1.70		4:31AM 1.67	4:53PM 1.64		5:14AM 1.63	4:18PM 1.68		5:58AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)			7:29PM 0.23	7:48AM 0.17		7:09PM 0.21	7:26AM 0.14		7:50PM 0.20	9:23AM 0.16		8:52PM 0.21	8:47AM 0.17		10:26PM 0.21	10:45AM 0.21		11:04PM 0.24	11:25AM 0.26		10:27PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	15	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	9	4	8	10	6	11	11	11	13	14	11	14	11	13	9	10	9	8	9	9	11
Low °C	11	6	3	6	7	5	8	11	10	10	12	9	10	10	8	9	9	7	8	8	9	10
Chill °C (?)	8	5	-1	6	7	2	10	8	8	13	14	9	12	8	12	8	8	7	8	7	6	9
Sunrise	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20
Sunset	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	2.0 S	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.4 S	1.0 S	1.1 NE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 NE	1.1 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	0.6 ENE	0.9 NE	0.5 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.0 E
Period (s)	12	16	15	10	10	13	13	10	6	8	10	10	10	13	9	9	9	9	4	14	10	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	1.2 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.2 S	0.9 SW	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 SW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	9	12	11	16	15	5	6	13	10	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	14	14	8	10	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	1.9 SW	2.2 SSW	-	-	1.2 NNE	-	0.9 NE	-	2.5 NE	-	-	-	1.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNE	0.7 NNE
Period (s)	4	8	8	-	-	5	-	6	-	8	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4

	Thursday 18					Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush 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	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	1.7 SW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SW	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	1.3 SSE	2.1 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	12	13	12	13	13	10	13	13	12	15
Energy(?)	229	376	657	680	621	869	1889	1545	1358	1292	1084	558	1199	1145	1112	856	643	532	431	319	200	215
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:07PM 1.78				12:35AM 1.76				1:57PM 1.78				2:18AM 1.72				2:43PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)					7:29PM 0.23				6:40AM 0.16				7:09PM 0.21				8:38AM 0.16				7:50PM 0.20	9:04PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	11	9	7	5	4	3	3	6	7	9	7	6	5	6	5	8	11	13	12	9	10
Chill °C (?)	7	8	5	2	0	0	0	0	4	5	6	3	3	2	4	3	7	9	12	11	7	7
Sunrise	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	1.3 SSE	2.1 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	15	9	9	10	10	10	10	12	13	12	13	13	10	13	13	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 NE	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 S	0.3 SW	0.9 SSE	0.3 SW	0.7 NE	1.1 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.8 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	14	14	16	8	15	11	11	16	12	12	15	13	14	5	6	6	6	13	18	16	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SW	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	1.2 NNE	1.4 NNE	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	-
Period (s)	4	9	8	8	8	8	9	10	3	-	-	3	4	5	6	-	-	-	6	5	6	-

	Thursday 18																	Friday 19
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush 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	Brighton Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	2	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	0.4 SSE	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	14	14	15	8	8	8	8	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9
Energy(?)	86	99	99	100	336	655	428	650	999	1178	712	70	818	691	1168	581	641	1114	626	770	1889	1234
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)							12:16PM 1.84	1:07PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)													6:23PM 0.25	7:29PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	11	10	10	12	11	10	9	8	7	8	6	6	5	5	5	6	5	4	3	5
Chill °C (?)	6	7	8	6	7	9	8	6	5	3	2	3	2	1	-1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1
Sunrise	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 NE	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 NE	0.4 SSE	2.0 S	2.0 S	0.5 SW
Period (s)	9	12	12	12	12	14	12	12	16	8	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	8	11	9	9	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.1 E	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.4 SSW	0.3 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 NE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	7	9	9	9	14	12	15	15	12	9	8	7	8	15	8	15	15	9	15	11	11	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	-	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	9	9