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 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			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	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Tuhawaiki Point Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago
Rating	1	1	2	2	3	4	0	2	1	1	4	2	0	2	1	0	1	3	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 E	0.8 SW	0.5 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.2 SSE	1.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.9 S	1.6 NE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	5	11	11	11	8	8	15	6	14	13	8	8	5	11	20	19	17	16	16	15	14
Energy(?)	34	102	132	176	209	976	970	348	132	36	494	1254	144	197	20	82	155	383	548	463	281	85
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	on	off	cross	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		4:44PM 1.88		6:42AM 1.78		7:03PM 1.75	5:54AM 1.89	6:32PM 1.77		7:24AM 1.68		8:51PM 1.74	9:20AM 1.67		8:25PM 1.71	8:55AM 1.62		10:54PM 1.75	11:22AM 1.66		10:49PM 1.72	12:23PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)	11:24AM 0.21		11:41PM 0.20	12:53PM 0.23		1:14AM 0.20	12:54PM 0.28		12:55AM 0.22		2:00PM 0.50	2:52AM 0.27		2:52PM 0.55	2:54AM 0.35		4:11PM 0.29		4:50AM 0.34	5:14PM 0.30		5:58AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	16	18	15	16	18	11	14	15	15	17	15	13	17	15	19	15	14	13	12	14	13	12
Low °C	15	15	11	15	16	10	12	15	11	16	14	11	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	13	11	11
Chill °C (?)	15	18	15	15	18	7	13	13	15	16	13	11	16	13	19	14	13	11	12	13	13	11
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	8:45	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.3 E	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	8	11	11	11	8	8	6	9	13	8	8	8	6	6	10	7	16	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.1 S	0.6 S	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	8	8	11	15	4	11	10	15	8	5	9	13	12	12	7	10	6	13	7	7	9	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 SW	0.5 NE	0.3 SSE	0.9 SSW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	0.7 NE	-	-	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	-	1.6 NE	0.4 NNW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-
Period (s)	-	5	4	3	4	8	8	10	-	-	8	8	-	5	3	4	7	-	-	4	4	-

	Thursday 19					Friday 20								Saturday 21								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	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	0	2	0	0	3	3	4	4	2	0	0	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.4 ESE	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.9 E	1.2 E	0.8 E	1.2 E	1.5 SW	2.2 S	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.9 NE	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	14	12	7	8	11	11	14	12	11	11	11	8	7	8	8	8	16	15	15	7	16
Energy(?)	78	253	70	435	264	110	97	246	390	398	209	722	574	667	614	1063	1100	382	348	303	776	248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:16PM 1.75				5:28AM 1.82					7:03PM 1.75			6:11AM 1.78	7:29AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		11:17AM 0.26				12:30AM 0.19				12:08PM 0.21				12:46AM 0.51					1:37PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	16	15	16	14	14	14	13	11	13	18	18	11	10	12	10	10	12	14	15	15	13	11
Chill °C (?)	16	14	16	13	12	14	12	8	11	17	18	7	6	12	7	8	11	13	13	13	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.9 E	1.2 E	0.8 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.9 SSE	0.7 ESE	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	1.5 NE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	7	14	6	6	8	8	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	6	11	8	8	8	8	8	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 NE	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 E	0.7 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	8	7	8	8	11	11	4	14	11	7	4	13	13	10	14	10	13	16	15	15	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	1.6 SW	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NNE	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	2.2 S	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	-	0.7 NE	1.6 NE	1.9 NE	0.4 W
Period (s)	-	3	6	7	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	8	8	7	8	8	8	-	10	6	7	2

	Thursday 19																Friday 20
	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	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	0	2	0	0	3	3	4	4	2	0	0	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSE	1.5 SW	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.5 E	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	14	14	14	12	7	6	12	12	7	7	11	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	127	73	34	244	219	114	83	51	221	114	201	224	224	75	124	111	193	110	110	77	133	113
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											5:40PM 2.04	6:16PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)						12:12PM 0.23												12:30AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1
High °C	15	14	15	15	15	16	16	20	18	16	16	15	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	12	12
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	14	14	16	15	20	18	15	15	14	12	14	15	15	13	14	14	14	10	11
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.7 SW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSE	0.5 E	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 E	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	7	14	7	14	14	7	7	6	6	6	12	6	6	11	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.6 S	0.5 E	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	7	8	7	7	8	8	7	7	12	3	6	6	4	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.3 NNE	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	0.1 NE	0.7 ESE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	3	3	6	6	6	4	12	7	7	-	2	2	4	4	4	4	7	7