Dunedin - Bobs Beach Surf Forecast

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Dunedin - Bobs Beach surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 16 Jul 2025 NZST

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

Today's Dunedin - Bobs Beach sea temperature is 10.6° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dunedin - Bobs Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Dunedin - Bobs Beach at 9AM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.7m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 16). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Jul)	4.5ft (1.4m)	10s
Afternoon (16 Jul)	4.5ft (1.4m)	11s
Evening (16 Jul)	4.5ft (1.4m)	11s

Table - waves today at Dunedin - Bobs Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Wednesday 16							Thursday 17								Friday 18								Saturday 19								Sunday 20								Monday 21								Tuesday 22								Wednesday 23
	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	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	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	8	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SSW	SSW	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	ESE	ESE	ESE	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	E	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	17	16	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	17	16	16	16	11	11	10	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	15	15	16	16	15	12	12	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	694	679	601	608	739	661	713	905	968	1146	1296	1286	1052	1107	990	1098	1151	1210	1205	1019	1014	818	810	996	912	875	753	745	891	973	982	934	777	788	557	493	471	447	497	608	672	767	616	465	461	403	490	7838	2140	1949	1641	1269	1139	1164	954	821	763	674	517	462
Wind (km/h)	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	N	W	WSW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WSW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NE	N	WSW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			6:26AM 1.67				6:56PM 1.71				7:20AM 1.66				7:51PM 1.68				8:20AM 1.67				8:51PM 1.66					9:25AM 1.70				9:55PM 1.66				10:32AM 1.75				10:59PM 1.69				11:37AM 1.82					12:01AM 1.73				12:36PM 1.89				12:57AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)	12:30AM 0.29				12:50PM 0.23				1:21AM 0.29				1:45PM 0.26				2:16AM 0.28				2:45PM 0.29					3:13AM 0.27				3:47PM 0.30				4:13AM 0.25				4:49PM 0.29				5:12AM 0.21				5:50PM 0.26					6:10AM 0.16				6:48PM 0.23				7:06AM 0.11

	Wednesday 16							Thursday 17								Friday 18								Saturday 19								Sunday 20								Monday 21								Tuesday 22								Wednesday 23
Sunrise	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	8	8	9	9	7	6	6	6	4	4	8	9	6	4	3	4	4	4	9	10	8	6	6	5	5	7	10	12	10	8	8	7	6	6	9	11	9	7	7	7	7	6	9	11	10	8	8	9	10	10	13	14	12	12	11	10	10	11	13
Feels °C (?)	4	2	3	4	3	1	1	1	1	-1	-1	3	5	3	1	-1	1	0	0	5	7	5	3	3	2	1	3	7	9	8	5	5	4	3	3	6	9	6	3	3	4	4	2	5	8	7	4	4	5	5	6	8	10	8	8	7	6	5	7	10

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Otago

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Dunedin - Bobs Beach (light winds from the SW at DunedinAeroAws 18 km from Dunedin - Bobs Beach). 1.5m 10s swell from the ESE with a 1.5m 10s swell from the ESE and a 1.3m 5s windswell from the WSW as well as a 1.0m 14s groundswell from the SSW. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.
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