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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	Fri	Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23
	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 - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Potato Point 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 - Ocean View Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Jacks Point Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	3	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	2	2	0	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.3 SE	0.4 SSW	0.5 ENE	1.8 SE	2.1 SE	2.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	12	8	8	12	8	11	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	12	13	10	10	18	6	6	7	8
Energy(?)	333	232	243	347	103	293	252	200	213	94	163	275	227	259	382	136	39	230	24	351	515	704
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	3:02AM 1.69		2:42PM 1.67	3:02AM 1.80		3:19PM 1.70		4:19AM 1.74	4:38PM 1.63		5:45AM 1.74	6:02PM 1.64		4:55AM 1.86	5:48PM 1.63		7:11AM 1.72		7:30PM 1.64	7:57AM 1.70		8:20PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)		8:51AM 0.41		9:09PM 0.26	9:32AM 0.37		9:58PM 0.27	10:29AM 0.33		11:34PM 0.27	12:01PM 0.30		11:04PM 0.22	11:45AM 0.31		12:54AM 0.25		1:20PM 0.29	1:36AM 0.26		2:02PM 0.29	2:21AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	15	3	2	9
High °C	11	12	12	11	14	12	11	12	13	12	13	14	12	18	14	14	14	15	14	13	12	11
Low °C	10	11	12	8	12	11	11	11	13	10	12	13	11	15	14	12	14	14	14	13	11	10
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	11	13	10	9	11	12	11	12	13	10	17	12	12	14	14	14	11	9	8
Sunrise	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:24	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:21	-	-	9:21	-	-	9:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.5 E	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	11	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	12	13	10	6	9	9	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	0.7 NE	0.3 SE	0.7 NE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 E
Period (s)	12	7	12	12	11	8	8	8	7	8	7	9	12	8	12	5	10	6	6	7	7	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 S	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	1.6 NE	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	1.8 SE	2.1 SE	2.4 SE
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	-	-	3	4	6	7	8

	Fri	Saturday 17								Sunday 18								Monday 19
	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	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Potato Point 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 - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	1	2	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 SE	1.1 ESE	0.7 SSW	1.0 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	12	12	12	11	8	8	8	8	8	12	8	11	8	8	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	151	333	542	509	777	216	166	194	209	291	288	238	267	111	90	287	253	252	215	213	200	203
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:22AM 1.77				3:16PM 1.59					4:21AM 1.72			3:54PM 1.62	4:39PM 1.63				5:03AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)	8:36PM 0.36				8:51AM 0.41				9:23PM 0.32	10:13PM 0.31			9:32AM 0.37					10:54PM 0.29				11:22AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	10	11	11	11	12	13	12	11	10	8	8	11	10	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	8	10	10	11	10	11	10	6	7	11	8	12	10	9	9	10	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:23	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	1.1 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 SE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	8	8	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.1 SE	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	14	12	12	11	8	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	-	0.7 S	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.2 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	5	12	11	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-

	Friday 16				Saturday 17
	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	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Long Beach Otago	Karitane Point Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	Potato Point 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 - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	1	2	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 E	1.4 SE	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	128	307	477	485	319	228	228	217	346	361	272	272	381	217	232	434	496	425	427	340	338	345
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)									3:09AM 1.69												3:57PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)		8:20PM 0.37												8:58AM 0.30	9:07AM 0.40	10:02AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	9	9	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.0 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 E	1.4 SE	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.7 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	7	11	11	11	11	11	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	-	-	1.0 S	1.1 S	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	1.0 SSW	-	-	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	9	-	4	4	-	-	-	5	5	-	7	7	-	12	-	-	5	5	6	6	6	6