Dunedin - St Clair surf break

Dunedin - St Clair surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 18 Nov 2025 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
12.6° C
(Which is 2.3°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 9PM is: 0.2m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 18). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Nov)--
Afternoon (18 Nov)0.5ft (0.1m)14s
Evening (18 Nov)0.5ft (0.2m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
S
0.5
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.1
SW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)14314121213131315151415151514141515151514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4820156161717931721651251211217082126131172167118115113113
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
10
SSW
0
ENE
5
E
0
N
5
NNE
5
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
0
NE
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
S
15
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
15
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
glasscrosscrosscrossglasscrosscrosscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:31PM
1.64
3:54AM
1.68
4:12PM
1.61
4:34AM
1.67
4:53PM
1.58
5:15AM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:50PM
0.28
10:15AM
0.30
10:29PM
0.29
10:55AM
0.31
11:07PM
0.30
11:35AM
0.33
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Sunrise-----5:52-------5:52-------5:50--
Sunset-8:52-------8:52-------8:54------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171514121112141516151313111216171921202017121112
Feels °C (?)12141411101113111211121089141314171817141068
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