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 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			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	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Kakanui River Mouth Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSE	1.0 SW	1.1 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	11	10	9	9	9	10	10	12	6	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	14	12	12	12
Energy(?)	182	241	830	492	343	288	223	232	200	364	87	158	187	321	241	293	347	141	50	328	92	143
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			4:20AM 2.06	5:12PM 1.86		5:18AM 1.96	5:37PM 1.86		5:54AM 1.97		7:47PM 1.74	8:13AM 1.74		8:39PM 1.69	9:04AM 1.67		9:32PM 1.64	9:56AM 1.60		10:24PM 1.61	10:47AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)		10:46PM -0.01	11:11AM 0.07		11:04PM 0.01	11:32AM 0.12		1:01AM 0.16	12:44PM 0.16	1:27PM 0.21	1:47AM 0.23		2:12PM 0.27	2:33AM 0.31		2:56PM 0.34	3:21AM 0.39		3:43PM 0.41		4:11AM 0.46	4:33PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-
High °C	15	11	11	11	11	11	14	12	17	15	17	13	12	12	19	16	17	17	19	16	16	17
Low °C	14	9	11	11	9	10	13	11	14	14	14	13	12	12	14	16	16	16	19	13	15	13
Chill °C (?)	13	9	9	9	11	10	13	11	17	13	17	13	11	10	19	14	17	16	19	15	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-
Sunset	9:06	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:01	-	-	8:58	-	-	9:01
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSE	1.0 SW	1.1 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	11	10	9	9	9	10	10	12	6	6	13	13	12	12	12	13	14	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.3 S	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.8 NE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.7 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	12	10	9	9	12	11	12	12	12	10	14	13	6	7	6	13	5	5	10	4	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	1.3 NE	-	0.6 SW	-	0.2 NNW	0.7 NE	1.4 NE	0.9 NNE	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 N	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	10	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	-	4	-	2	6	5	5	-	5	4	5	4

	Monday 02			Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04								Thursday 05
	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	Pipeline (Dunedin) Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach 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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	1	2	3	4	2	0	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SW	1.4 SSW	1.1 S	1.5 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	6	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	145	85	67	292	513	1691	456	275	525	264	224	343	300	277	288	324	257	268	228	232	205	342
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	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	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						4:32AM 2.02				6:02PM 1.83				6:31AM 1.88				6:54PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)				10:37PM -0.01				11:55AM 0.13				12:14AM 0.10				12:41PM 0.16					1:01AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	12	12	9	9	11	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	10	11	12	13	12	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	12	11	10	11	7	8	10	11	9	11	10	9	8	8	10	10	11	13	11	11	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35
Sunset	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 S	0.7 ENE	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 S	1.5 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	6	8	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.6 E	0.3 S	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 NE	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SW
Period (s)	12	10	10	8	10	8	8	9	9	7	11	12	12	9	11	9	9	9	8	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	10	5	6	6	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2

	Monday 02										Tuesday 03
	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	Pipeline (Dunedin) Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach 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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	1	1	1	2	3	4	2	0	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	10	12	12	12	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	169	131	113	163	92	92	91	99	297	126	135	361	408	407	454	454	817	1172	1165	1141	356	690
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)			3:52PM 1.98														5:39AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)											11:25PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	20	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	9	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	7	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.6 SSE	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	4	10	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	-	-