Dunedin - St Clair surf break

Dunedin - St Clair surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 03 Apr 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
14.3° C
(Which is 2.4°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 5PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 03). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (03 Apr)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (03 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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


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Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
3
2
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.5
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)121111111110141414141414151514141514141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)35527320215811985633636363840128474521331543449437336304236229168
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
NE
5
NW
10
NNW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
10
WSW
0
WSW
5
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
off
offoffcrosscross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:57PM
1.76
6:19AM
1.69
6:42PM
1.71
7:04AM
1.62
7:28PM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:47AM
0.24
12:10AM
0.27
12:27PM
0.29
12:51AM
0.32
1:06PM
0.34
1:32AM
0.37
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise--------7:58-------7:58-------
Sunset---7:24-------7:22-------7:21----
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part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------211232-1---------
Temp. °C161717181716141111109999991010111111111111
Feels °C (?)151616171513976787676665666667
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