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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	Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Fri
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair 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	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	2.5 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	13	13	12	10	12	14	12	12	11	10	10	10	9	16	15	12	14	13	13
Energy(?)	37	429	364	447	327	222	834	1469	6096	5416	1993	1077	909	684	431	312	434	277	65	79	60	116
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:03PM 1.75	1:21PM 1.73	1:19AM 1.84		2:16PM 1.77	2:47AM 1.90		2:11PM 1.84	2:40AM 1.95		4:00PM 1.84		4:28AM 1.91	3:43PM 1.89		4:27AM 1.88	5:38PM 1.82		6:04AM 1.82	6:26PM 1.79		6:50AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)				8:12AM 0.28		8:32PM 0.20	8:01AM 0.18		8:19PM 0.06	8:49AM 0.13		10:19PM 0.12	10:47AM 0.17		9:54PM 0.03	10:39AM 0.12		11:52PM 0.16	12:15PM 0.20		12:36AM 0.21	12:57PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	11	11	16	13	13	12	10	11	12	9	10	12	13	16	16	16	21	20	18	17
Low °C	12	12	8	11	14	12	10	11	9	9	11	6	8	11	12	14	16	15	17	19	16	17
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	11	16	11	10	9	6	8	10	6	9	10	13	16	15	15	21	20	18	17
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:18
Sunset	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 SW
Period (s)	5	13	14	13	13	12	11	10	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	9	16	15	5	11	4	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	-	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	7	9	8	8	14	12	-	12	12	11	11	11	18	17	9	8	12	14	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.7 NE	0.3 S	0.7 ENE	1.0 NE	0.6 NNE
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	10	12	14	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	3	6	5	5

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	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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	0	0	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.9 SW	0.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	10	10	12	14	14	14
Energy(?)	366	55	34	518	500	493	359	370	283	275	457	442	518	309	1255	201	834	880	1469	2984	4186	3894
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)											2:16PM 1.77				1:53AM 1.91				3:09PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)					7:29PM 0.25				7:09AM 0.25				8:32PM 0.20				9:09AM 0.23				9:28PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	12	12	11	11	9	8	11	15	12	13	13	12	13	13	10	13	12	11	9	9
Chill °C (?)	9	11	11	11	10	9	8	6	11	15	11	12	12	10	12	13	6	10	9	7	5	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	13	6	5	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 E	-
Period (s)	8	8	7	16	7	6	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	15	12	12	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 W	1.9 SW	-	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	12	-	10	10	12	14	14	14

	Friday 27																Saturday 28
	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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	2	0	0	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ENE	1.1 SW	0.2 S	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	51	432	37	821	875	389	281	318	318	318	491	518	525	378	157	93	168	168	165	158	157	156
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																			1:53AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)													7:29PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	12	11	11	11	13	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	11	10	9	9	9	9	8
Chill °C (?)	7	8	11	9	9	9	12	11	12	12	11	11	10	11	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	6
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	8	6	5	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	7	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	8	7	8	8	8	8	16	16	16	16	16	16	7	7	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 S	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	5	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-