Dunedin - St Clair surf break

Dunedin - St Clair surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 19 Feb 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
14.6° C
(Which is 1.4°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 4AM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Afternoon (19 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
!
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.9
SE
0.4
SSW
0.4
ESE
0.5
SW
0.7
SSW
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.7
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)16161615714127811111312121111118888161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19819613812871705623547147173356396433348284253274498593198186184
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
N
5
WNW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
SSE
20
NE
5
N
5
NNW
10
WNW
25
W
30
W
35
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
W
20
W
15
W
10
NE
25
ENE
35
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassglassglasscrosscross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:57AM
1.80
6:16PM
1.75
6:42AM
1.78
7:03PM
1.75
7:29AM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:47PM
0.20
12:12PM
0.23
12:30AM
0.19
12:53PM
0.23
1:14AM
0.20
1:37PM
0.23
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise---6:56-------6:58--------7:00---
Sunset-------8:45-------8:43-------8:40
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------11-1---1--------
Temp. °C141414131517171514131212131413121099912141514
Feels °C (?)131414131316141113121076654212481097
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