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 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Mon
	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	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs 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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Warrington Otago
Rating	4	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	1	1	3	4	3	3	2	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	3.5 SW	1.7 SSE	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	2.0 S	1.6 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.8 SW	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	12	14	14	13	11	13	12	11	14	13	12	11	10	13	6	16	16	14	14	10	10
Energy(?)	417	3745	1165	6786	2270	1002	1587	1092	1191	1846	878	486	319	145	68	97	861	729	1180	455	256	9
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		2:20AM 1.87		2:59PM 1.79			4:28PM 1.82		4:28AM 2.24	3:47PM 1.87		4:22AM 1.78	5:57PM 1.76		6:19AM 1.69	6:42PM 1.71		7:04AM 1.62		7:28PM 1.66	7:51AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)		8:01PM 0.12	8:27AM 0.16		10:01PM 0.19	9:24AM 0.15		10:07PM 0.54	10:29AM 0.61		10:10PM 0.18	10:29AM 0.21		12:10AM 0.27	12:27PM 0.29		11:36PM 0.33		1:06PM 0.34	1:32AM 0.37		1:46PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	1
High °C	16	12	10	12	11	14	15	17	17	19	19	17	18	17	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9
Low °C	14	9	9	12	9	9	13	16	17	18	15	16	17	11	10	11	8	10	11	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	15	9	9	10	9	14	14	17	17	19	19	17	18	17	9	10	10	10	9	8	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:00	-
Sunset	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:19
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	2.0 S	1.6 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	11	11	10	14	13	11	13	12	11	14	13	12	11	10	10	5	16	16	14	14	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.3 NE	-	0.3 ESE	0.5 S	0.8 S	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.7 SW	0.2 ENE	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.8 SSW	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.2 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	7	-	10	15	14	13	13	15	12	10	11	11	13	8	6	13	7	8	7	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 SW	1.7 SSE	3.5 SSW	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	0.3 ENE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NNE	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	14	14	-	-	3	-	11	4	4	4	-	-	5	6	8	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 30			Tuesday 31								Wednesday 01								Thursday 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	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Warrington Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Papanui 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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	4	4	4	0	1	0	4	3	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 S	2.1 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.5 E	4.0 SSW	2.4 S	1.9 S	3.5 SSW	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.7 S
Period(s) (?)	16	15	11	12	14	11	14	8	8	13	10	11	13	13	13	11	13	13	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	639	1930	2684	1290	4429	58	5546	1488	861	6932	1410	1454	1598	1514	1406	1353	1147	1332	1237	1092	619	1010
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:12PM 1.75				3:19AM 1.85				3:12PM 2.18					4:05AM 1.84			3:21PM 1.84	4:28PM 1.82				4:50AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)			8:02PM 0.12				9:40AM 0.21				8:45PM 0.11					10:25AM 0.20				10:46PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	13	11	13	8	8	9	10	10	12	9	8	9	9	9	11	17	15	16	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	16	11	9	12	3	5	5	9	8	10	7	6	7	7	8	9	17	14	16	16	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.0 S	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.3 SSE	1.0 SSE	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.8 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.7 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	11	11	10	14	14	13	10	11	10	10	10	11	13	13	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.4 NE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.9 SW
Period (s)	16	7	11	11	-	-	-	10	10	10	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	2.4 S	1.9 S	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.6 NNE	0.6 N	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	15	11	12	14	14	14	8	8	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	4	4	-	-	-

	Monday 30										Tuesday 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	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Warrington Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Papanui 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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	4	4	4	0	1	0	4	3	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 S	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.8 ESE	2.2 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	11	16	11	10	11	11	16	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	655	1170	767	414	914	167	1851	133	116	432	2348	2722	5140	6700	8696	8635	4935	8173	7310	6468	8304	5156
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)															3:19AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)								8:28PM 0.53													9:40AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	15	17	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	9
Chill °C (?)	13	15	14	17	11	12	11	12	13	9	8	8	7	6	4	4	4	5	3	4	4	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	2.5 SSW	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	11	16	16	11	16	8	15	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	14	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 S	0.9 ESE	0.9 S	0.8 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-
Period (s)	16	11	11	16	11	16	11	5	5	16	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	-	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	0.4 NE	-	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	8	6	-	10	9	10	7	-	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14