Dunedin - St Clair surf break

Dunedin - St Clair surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 08 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
15.3° C
(Which is 2.8°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 6AM is: 0.2m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Afternoon (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)1111101213131314141313121217661615151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23231014176562120110999589585714613982797673717069160
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
NNW
0
N
5
NNW
5
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
10
NNE
10
N
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
30
S
15
S
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
20
NE
5
N
10
NW
5
ENE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:18PM
1.74
8:47AM
1.78
9:14PM
1.70
9:41AM
1.71
10:09PM
1.66
10:34AM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:15AM
0.19
2:45PM
0.25
3:06AM
0.27
3:35PM
0.31
3:59AM
0.35
4:26PM
0.37
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise---5:56-------5:58-------6:00----
Sunset-------9:30-------9:29-------9:29
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
1------1---11-----13971-
Temp. °C151415141618191716161615151817151313121313151919
Feels °C (?)151416141615161615161514121511121110111012151919
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