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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	Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Mon
	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	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Brighton Otago
Rating	2	2	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 S	0.2 SSE	0.9 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.7 S	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	12	8	8	9	11	14	14	15	14	15	15	15	14	13	11	11	14	14	16	15
Energy(?)	363	27	267	922	986	704	1171	1013	1172	1125	1013	1176	1367	1747	394	377	434	507	523	499	364	163
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:28AM 1.76		11:55PM 1.66			11:55PM 1.72		12:45PM 2.43	1:58AM 1.92		2:25PM 2.01	2:49AM 1.97		2:05PM 1.93	2:43AM 1.79		2:49PM 1.92		3:05AM 1.83	3:31PM 1.88		3:46AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)		5:37PM 0.27		6:00AM 0.21	5:57PM 0.25		6:03AM 0.19		8:33PM 0.16	8:54AM 0.11		9:24PM 0.12	9:45AM 0.07		8:37PM 0.18	8:49AM 0.09		8:58PM 0.17	9:14AM 0.10		9:41PM 0.19	9:57AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	3	6	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	7	6	7	9	11	11	10	10	11	9	12	12	10	10	9	10	10	9	8	10
Low °C	9	7	5	6	7	7	10	11	9	9	11	9	9	11	8	8	9	9	9	9	6	6
Chill °C (?)	8	7	2	1	2	6	9	9	8	8	9	7	10	11	9	10	8	10	9	8	6	9
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20
Sunset	-	5:51	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.2 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.5 SSW	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	14	14	12	10	9	9	8	14	14	15	14	15	15	15	10	13	11	11	14	14	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	-	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.7 SSW	0.1 E	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.1 E	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 E
Period (s)	9	9	7	13	-	12	15	10	10	10	13	13	13	9	14	12	13	16	8	9	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	-	1.7 SSW	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	8	8	-	11	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 18							Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	2	3	3	3	2	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 S	1.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 S
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	6	7	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	12	12	12	14	14	14
Energy(?)	390	740	796	707	301	386	1336	240	611	884	922	868	751	928	1308	1471	2795	2465	1859	2214	2424	1346
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:30AM 1.76				11:24PM 2.23					12:31PM 1.94								12:30PM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)		4:53AM 0.22				4:43PM 0.33					6:54AM 0.21			5:44PM 0.30	6:05PM 0.27				6:03AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	8	9	8	7	5	5	6	7	6	6	6	8	6	6	8	8	9	9	11	12	11
Chill °C (?)	8	6	7	8	4	2	1	4	2	1	1	1	4	3	2	5	5	6	6	9	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 S	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.9 SSE	2.0 S	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	6	11	10	10	10	9	12	8	8	8	12	8	8	8	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	0.3 E
Period (s)	7	9	9	9	8	8	8	10	7	13	13	13	-	9	9	13	12	16	14	15	14	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	0.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	5	12	6	7	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	12	12	12	14	14	-

	Monday 18
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Patiti Point Canterbury	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	2	3	3	3	2	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	445	848	815	804	359	565	550	27	344	330	316	369	362	537	109	207	386	386	380	360	432	1321
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)												11:28AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)					4:10AM 0.27												4:43PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	8	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	9	9	8	8	7	6	8	7	5	5	5	5	5	5
Chill °C (?)	8	9	7	7	8	7	6	7	8	9	8	7	5	2	5	3	2	2	2	2	2	1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.7 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	9	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	8	8	7	8	7	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	8	9	8	8	8	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	1.3 SSW	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	7	7	7	-	-	13	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	12