Dunedin - St Clair Surf Forecast

/ Otago (35 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (45.91° S 170.50° E)

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Dunedin - St Clair surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 09 Sep 2025 NZST

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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 10.5° C
(Which is 1.7°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 11PM is: 0.3m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 09). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (09 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	10s
Evening (09 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	10s

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

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	Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10								Thursday 11								Friday 12
	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)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	!	2	2	2	2	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	16	16	16	15	15	15	6	7	7	8	8	14	14	8	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	78	57	21	57	87	85	82	81	97	187	228	235	289	352	396	362	861	303	2280	457	368	308	282	265
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNE	N	WSW	WNW	NNE	WNW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		4:53PM 1.82				5:16AM 1.81				5:44PM 1.78					6:10AM 1.80				6:38PM 1.73				7:08AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)				11:08PM 0.07				11:32AM 0.05				11:54PM 0.07					12:22PM 0.08				12:43AM 0.10

	Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10								Thursday 11								Friday 12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-
Sunset	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Otago

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Dunedin - St Clair (calm at Port Chalmers wx 13 km from Dunedin - St Clair). 0.5m 16s long period groundswell from the S with a 0.3m 2s local chop from the WSW and a 0.2m 9s swell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
27 minutes ago Dunedin - St Clair

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Actual: 27 min ago

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