Dunedin - Middle Beach (Moana Rua) Surf Forecast

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New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (45.91° S 170.51° E)

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Dunedin - Middle Beach (Moana Rua) surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 14 Sep 2025 NZST

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Dunedin - Middle Beach (Moana Rua) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Dunedin - Middle Beach (Moana Rua) sea temperature is 10.3° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dunedin - Middle Beach (Moana Rua) today?

The current surf forecast for Dunedin - Middle Beach (Moana Rua) at 1PM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 2.0m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Sep)	8ft (2.4m)	9s
Afternoon (14 Sep)	8ft (2.5m)	9s
Evening (14 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	8s

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

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	Sunday 14					Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
	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
Rating (10 max)	0	!	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	17	16	16	16	15	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	917	1385	977	356	258	217	187	101	321	238	235	261	242	331	624	1874	253	141	205	198	196	188	121	106
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	W	WSW	WSW	W	NW	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		9:15AM 1.74				9:44PM 1.62				10:18AM 1.74				10:45PM 1.62				11:18AM 1.75				11:43PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)				3:12PM 0.24				3:35AM 0.22				4:19PM 0.28				4:42AM 0.24				5:27PM 0.28				5:50AM 0.23

	Sunday 14					Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	8	11	11	9	10	9	7	9	13	15	14	13	12	11	10	11	14	18	17	13	12	12	12
Feels °C (?)	-2	0	5	6	4	5	3	2	5	10	10	11	7	6	6	7	9	11	14	14	10	9	9	9

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Otago

Wind Update Still cross-shore at Dunedin - Middle Beach (Moana Rua) (fresh winds from the SW at Port Chalmers wx 13 km from Dunedin - Middle Beach (Moana Rua)). 3.3m 9s swell from the SSW which is too big for here.
1 hour 5 minutes ago Dunedin - Middle Beach (Moana Rua)

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1 h 5 min ago

32 km/h

Cross-Shore

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