Pipeline (Dunedin) Surf Forecast

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New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

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Pipeline (Dunedin) surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 13 Sep 2025 NZST

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Pipeline (Dunedin) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Pipeline (Dunedin) sea temperature is 10.2° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Pipeline (Dunedin) today?

The current surf forecast for Pipeline (Dunedin) at 5PM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 13). An open ocean swell of 3.5m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Afternoon (13 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	10s
Evening (13 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	10s

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

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	Saturday 13					Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	N	S	S	N	NNE	NW	N	NNE	NE	E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	3	8	8	4	3	2	3	4	4	11
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	34	20	20	20	20	18	13	13	33	16	15	11	11	11	4	0	0	2	1	1	4	7	5	3
Wind (km/h)	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	7:08AM 1.78				7:37PM 1.66				8:17AM 1.75				8:47PM 1.62					9:28AM 1.74				9:58PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)			1:35PM 0.26				2:00AM 0.23				2:42PM 0.30					3:06AM 0.25				3:48PM 0.32				4:11AM 0.25

	Saturday 13					Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
Sunrise	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	1	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	9	10	9	6	4	5	6	6	6	8	11	10	9	8	6	6	10	15	15	13	11	11	11	9
Feels °C (?)	0	-1	-3	-4	-2	-1	-2	-3	-2	1	5	6	5	4	2	2	6	10	10	8	7	8	7	6

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Otago

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Pipeline (Dunedin) (strong winds from the W at Port Chalmers wx 21 km from Pipeline (Dunedin)). 0.4m 10s swell from the ENE with a 0.3m 5s windswell from the NE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 15 minutes ago Pipeline (Dunedin)

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21 km away, 2 h 15 min ago

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