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Dunedin - St Clair surf break

Dunedin - St Clair surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 12 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
16.1° C
 (Which is 3.6°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 7PM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 2.0m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Afternoon (12 Jan)8ft (2.4m)10s
Evening (12 Jan)8ft (2.5m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
!
0
!
4
3
2
2
2
0
0
2
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
2.4
SSW
2
S
2.5
SSW
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)9101010101010999999899910101413131314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)416109386712507085354082952021601601271251138262455983215236246317341
Wind
(km/h)
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
20
SSW
10
NNW
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
5
NE
10
SE
10
NNE
10
NW
5
NW
0
NNW
5
WSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
5
S
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		offcross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
off		offglassglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		onononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:14PM
1.59
12:41AM
1.63
1:01PM
1.57
1:27AM
1.64
1:47PM
1.58
2:13AM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:14PM
0.43
6:48AM
0.47
7:08PM
0.43
7:42AM
0.46
7:59PM
0.41
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise-------6:03-------6:05-------6:05
Sunset---9:28-------9:28-------9:27----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------------1331-
Temp. °C111416161412101115161615131313121314151312111111
Feels °C (?)371011129791311111412121211131312111091010
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