Dunedin - St Clair surf break

Dunedin - St Clair surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 09 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Dunedin - St Clair surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Dunedin - St Clair sea temperature is
15.9° C
(Which is 3.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Dunedin - St Clair today?

The current surf forecast for Dunedin - St Clair at 11AM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 09). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (09 Jan)4ft (1.2m)6s
Evening (09 Jan)5ft (1.5m)6s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
1
SW
0.7
SSW
1.4
SW
1.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)1312121766915151515141414141313131313101599
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)95615857146167388797673717016316011010235343435204225323480
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
20
WSW
20
W
20
SSW
30
S
15
SSW
5
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
10
NNW
10
NE
15
NE
20
N
15
N
40
NNW
25
NW
20
W
30
WNW
30
WSW
30
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:41AM
1.71
10:09PM
1.66
10:34AM
1.66
11:02PM
1.64
11:25AM
1.61
11:53PM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:06AM
0.27
3:35PM
0.31
3:59AM
0.35
4:26PM
0.37
4:53AM
0.41
5:19PM
0.41
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
Sunrise-5:58-------6:00-------6:01------
Sunset-----9:29-------9:29-------9:29--
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-1-------174----------31
Temp. °C161414181715141313131215191920192121212118131110
Feels °C (?)15111114111213911111014181717161417181512753
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