Dunedin - Blue Tops Surf Forecast

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Dunedin - Blue Tops surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 06 Sep 2025 NZST

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Dunedin - Blue Tops surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Dunedin - Blue Tops sea temperature is 10.8° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dunedin - Blue Tops today?

The current surf forecast for Dunedin - Blue Tops at 7AM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 06). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	15s
Afternoon (06 Sep)	6ft (1.8m)	9s
Evening (06 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	14s

Table - waves today at Dunedin - Blue Tops. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Saturday 06							Sunday 07								Monday 08								Tue 09
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	1	3	1	2	2	2	2	!	!	!	3	!	!	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	9	9	15	9	9	9	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	10	13	13	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	473	400	442	538	1034	464	425	767	1207	2284	4996	6700	4575	2201	5921	5678	778	582	495	414	398	408	473	304
Wind (km/h)	W	W	W	W	W	NW	WNW	WSW	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	WNW	NW	NNW	NNE	NE	NNE	NNW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:08AM 1.68				1:34PM 1.82				1:48AM 1.77				2:15PM 1.89				2:30AM 1.85				2:57PM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)			7:14AM 0.18				7:42PM 0.22				7:57AM 0.09				8:24PM 0.15				8:41AM 0.03					9:07PM 0.10

	Saturday 06							Sunday 07								Monday 08								Tue 09
Sunrise	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	5	5	5	7	9	9	9	4	4	5	6	8	9	7	5	5	5	5	5	10	13	12	7	6
Feels °C (?)	-1	-1	-2	1	3	3	2	-2	-3	-4	-3	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	6	10	9	4	3

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Otago

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Dunedin - Blue Tops (moderate winds from the WSW at DunedinAeroAws 9 km from Dunedin - Blue Tops). 2.4m 8s swell from the SW with a 0.8m 14s groundswell from the S. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
2 hours 21 minutes ago Dunedin - Blue Tops

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2 h 21 min ago

22 km/h

WSW

Cross-Off

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