Dunedin - Ocean View Surf Forecast

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Dunedin - Ocean View surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 28 Aug 2025 NZST

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

Today's Dunedin - Ocean View sea temperature is 10.6° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dunedin - Ocean View today?

The current surf forecast for Dunedin - Ocean View at 1PM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am August 28). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Aug)	4.5ft (1.3m)	6s
Afternoon (28 Aug)	4.5ft (1.3m)	8s
Evening (28 Aug)	4.5ft (1.4m)	9s

Table - waves today at Dunedin - Ocean View. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Thursday 28					Friday 29								Saturday 30								Sunday 31
	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	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	4
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	6	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	10	13	13	12	12	11	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	133	193	260	956	363	313	283	306	274	276	341	374	400	461	551	469	542	838	818	666	637	1968	1520	1318
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNW	W	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	W	W	W	WSW	W	W	WNW	NNW	NNW	NNE	E	WSW	SW	WSW	W	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					6:18PM 1.56				6:43AM 1.54				7:06PM 1.48				7:37AM 1.49				8:02PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)			12:13PM 0.40				12:36AM 0.44				1:04PM 0.49				1:27AM 0.51				2:00PM 0.56				2:22AM 0.56

	Thursday 28					Friday 29								Saturday 30								Sunday 31
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-

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

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Otago

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Dunedin - Ocean View (calm at Port Chalmers wx 25 km from Dunedin - Ocean View). 1.5m 8s swell from the ENE to make surfable waves.
2 hours 5 minutes ago Dunedin - Ocean View

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25 km away, 2 h 5 min ago

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10.6

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