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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	Mon	Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair 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 - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	3	2	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	1	3	3	2	1	3	3	2	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	1.1 SW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 NE	1.8 SW	1.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 S	1.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	6	16	15	13	14	15	15	15	15	6	8	15	15	15	15	15	16	13	15	14	10
Energy(?)	122	190	1892	2186	1192	1314	1306	281	227	524	27	932	1132	411	182	372	1042	239	745	269	329	221
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	on	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:23AM 1.87		3:28PM 1.94	3:51AM 1.99		4:38PM 1.89		4:41AM 2.02	6:20PM 1.79		5:34AM 2.00	6:01PM 1.85	7:17PM 1.74	7:50AM 1.83		8:20PM 1.68	8:54AM 1.79		8:04PM 1.71	8:46AM 1.82		10:29PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)		9:35AM 0.02		9:38PM 0.02	10:05AM -0.01		10:50PM 0.03	10:59AM 0.04		12:32AM 0.03	11:55AM 0.11		1:24AM 0.07		1:59PM 0.12	2:19AM 0.12		2:57PM 0.19	2:27AM 0.22		3:59PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	13	12	11	17	18	15	16	19	14	16	14	11	19	20	14	10	13	10	14	13	9
Low °C	6	10	11	10	12	16	15	15	16	12	15	11	10	15	17	10	9	12	8	11	11	7
Chill °C (?)	6	11	10	9	16	18	14	16	19	12	16	14	10	19	20	13	8	11	7	14	11	8
Sunrise	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:57	-	-	8:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.6 S	1.9 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.2 SW	0.6 ENE	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	8	6	16	15	13	14	15	15	15	15	17	8	15	15	8	10	8	5	13	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.6 NNE	0.4 NE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.1 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 ENE	-	0.7 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 NE	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 NE
Period (s)	13	7	8	8	10	5	8	9	9	10	6	8	-	8	15	15	15	16	10	15	14	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	-	-	0.7 N	-	0.6 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.3 NNE	-	1.8 SW	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.7 NNW	1.3 NE	1.5 SW	0.9 ENE	1.4 SW	0.3 NNW	1.3 NE	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	4	6	-	-	4	-	5	4	5	6	-	8	9	8	4	9	8	7	8	2	6	3

	Mon	Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08								Thursday 09
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush 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 - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	2	3	3	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 S	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	10	13	13	13	15	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14
Energy(?)	89	62	332	614	912	126	361	1434	1026	1035	1193	1003	1192	1192	1314	1671	1671	1306	743	628	814	796
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:02AM 1.93				3:49PM 1.89				3:50AM 1.99					5:27PM 1.84				4:41AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)	9:12PM 0.08				9:15AM -0.01					10:54PM 0.03				11:21AM 0.01				11:42PM 0.02				12:12PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	10	7	6	8	13	14	11	10	10	9	9	12	17	18	16	15	15	11	11	16	16
Chill °C (?)	11	8	4	2	4	11	12	9	8	8	7	7	10	16	18	16	14	14	10	10	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 E	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 S	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	13	13	13	15	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 SSW	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 E	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.3 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	5	5	13	8	8	6	7	11	10	8	8	9	10	10	5	5	6	8	8	10	8	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	0.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.7 N	0.6 NNE	-	-	0.8 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NNE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	4	3	10	4	4	3	6	-	-	-	3	3	4	5	-	-	6	5	6	6	4	5

	Monday 06				Tuesday 07
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush 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 - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	2	3	3	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	14	14	8	8	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	16
Energy(?)	144	126	141	95	125	62	62	335	332	332	538	614	1630	1743	1988	2065	2227	2552	6519	6620	3953	4004
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)										4:12AM 1.86												4:38PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)																10:31AM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	9	9	9	10	10	8	8	8	6	6	8	8	9	9	9	10	11	12	11	12
Chill °C (?)	12	12	6	6	5	8	8	5	4	4	2	2	4	4	5	5	5	6	8	10	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	15	15	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.3 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	10	5	6	14	14	5	5	14	13	13	8	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	8	4	4	3	3	10	10	10	4	4	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	-