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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	Sat		Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Sat
	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	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach 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 - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Brighton Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	0	2	2	1	3	2	1	2	2	1	2	3	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SE	1.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 S	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 SW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 NE	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	17	16	14	13	12	11	10	6	7	7	10	10	12	8	13	12	13	10	13
Energy(?)	547	677	2787	2230	1774	1797	1510	1042	342	231	261	177	197	228	241	351	92	202	199	642	33	451
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		1:01AM 1.62		1:17PM 1.56	1:41AM 1.69		1:55PM 1.63	1:49AM 1.78		3:36PM 1.75		4:01AM 1.82	4:19PM 1.80		4:44AM 1.84	5:03PM 1.83		4:17AM 1.87	5:50PM 1.85		6:15AM 1.81	6:39PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)	6:32PM 0.33		7:04AM 0.43		7:17PM 0.34	7:45AM 0.35		8:08PM 0.25	8:33AM 0.24		9:53PM 0.23	10:18AM 0.24		10:37PM 0.18	11:00AM 0.20		11:21PM 0.15	10:27AM 0.12		12:07AM 0.14	12:28PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	14	16	15	13	15	15	14	14	16	19	20	16	10	11	12	12	12	13	12	14	12
Low °C	16	11	15	15	12	14	15	13	13	15	12	15	12	10	11	12	11	12	13	11	13	12
Chill °C (?)	19	13	16	14	12	15	15	14	12	15	19	20	14	7	9	12	12	12	12	9	13	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-
Sunset	8:04	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SE	1.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 S	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 S	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	14	17	16	14	13	12	11	10	10	7	7	10	10	10	8	13	12	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.8 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 SW	0.5 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.2 ENE	0.5 NE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	14	13	13	9	12	8	8	12	7	7	10	11	4	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NE	1.3 ENE	0.7 NNW	0.3 WSW	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.9 NE	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	4	3	-	2	-	-	-	7	4	-	-

	Saturday 14			Sunday 15								Monday 16								Tuesday 17
	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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair 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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SE	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	10	11	13	13	14	15	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	508	2103	2824	677	1113	1652	1446	3112	3662	3729	3613	1774	1533	1285	1119	1571	1510	3917	1208	1042	888	730
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					1:01AM 1.62			12:49PM 1.63					2:35AM 1.74				2:54PM 1.69				3:18AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)		6:34PM 0.43					7:05AM 0.43				8:21PM 0.36				8:52AM 0.37				9:07PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	16	14	11	14	14	14	16	14	15	13	12	13	12	15	15	15	16	14	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	18	15	13	9	13	13	13	16	12	15	11	11	12	11	15	15	15	16	14	14	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 NE	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	9	10	11	13	13	14	15	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	12	12	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	0.4 W	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	11	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 14										Sunday 15
	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	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair 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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	1.2 SW	3.0 SW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	10	10	10	12	12	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	14
Energy(?)	559	444	420	547	521	2103	524	334	334	3151	3584	583	649	740	750	1759	1943	1652	2125	2342	2669	2630
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)													1:52AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)						6:34PM 0.43														8:05AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	18	19	17	16	15	16	15	14	13	12	12	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	17	18	17	19	16	15	14	15	14	13	12	10	10	12	12	14	14	13	13	13	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SE	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	13	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 NE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 ENE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE
Period (s)	9	13	13	9	12	12	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 SW	0.6 WSW	3.0 SW	-	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	4	10	4	10	-	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-