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.

Otago Surf Forecast

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Preloading...

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Otago Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Otago Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Otago Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Otago Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Otago Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Otago Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Otago Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Otago Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Otago Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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.

Otago Photos

Otago Wavefinder

7 day 48 hour

	Friday 04			Saturday 05			Sunday 06			Monday 07			Tuesday 08			Wednesday 09			Thursday 10			Fri
	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	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Kuri Bush 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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	1	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 SSW	2.4 SW	1.9 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	13	11	10	9	8	14	13	14	15	15	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	14
Energy(?)	736	717	961	1390	692	194	112	246	229	337	879	1095	974	796	580	356	678	569	514	756	615	561
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			9:43PM	10:13AM		10:49PM	11:24AM	8:39AM	11:36PM	12:01PM		12:31AM	12:26PM	1:46PM	2:23AM		2:45PM	2:56AM		2:48PM 6:13PM	2:36AM
Low Tide / height (m)		3:23PM 3:00AM		4:06AM	4:24PM		5:12AM	5:10PM		5:47AM	6:07PM		6:53AM		8:48PM	9:18AM 4:56PM		8:54PM	8:43AM		8:34PM	8:46AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	12	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	14	15	12	13	15	14	13	17	15	11	10	9	9	13	15	14	16	15	15	15
Low °C	19	16	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	7	9	9	8	12	14	12	13	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	22	22	12	15	12	11	14	13	12	16	14	11	7	6	6	11	14	14	16	15	14	14
Sunrise	7:56	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:06
Sunset	-	7:22	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	9	10	10	11	10	9	8	9	8	14	15	15	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 S	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 NE
Period (s)	15	14	10	10	10	10	9	14	13	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	12	11	10	10	10	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.7 SSW	2.4 SW	-	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	-	-	1.1 NE	-	-	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	1.6 SW	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.5 NNE	-
Period (s)	-	-	13	11	-	4	5	-	-	8	-	-	5	7	4	8	-	-	-	4	4	-

	Friday 04							Saturday 05								Sunday 06
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Karitane Point Otago	Karitane Point Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Otago Peninsula - Sandfly Bay Otago
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.4 E	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	13	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	14
Energy(?)	1202	690	736	660	717	650	392	961	2113	1642	1390	561	692	550	241	194	157	200
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:03AM 1.64				9:47PM 1.77				9:50AM 1.64					11:39PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)	3:00AM 0.26				3:19PM 0.23				3:44AM 0.34					4:53PM 0.31				5:38AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	19	22	22	16	15	13	12	12	12	15	12	11	12	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	15	17	19	22	22	16	14	11	10	10	10	15	12	9	10	11	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.4 E	1.4 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 S	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NE	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	10	4	13	12	11	11	-	-	-	3	4	5	5