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Dunedin - St Clair surf break

Dunedin - St Clair surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 10 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
16.6° C
 (Which is 4.1°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: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 10). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)--
Afternoon (10 Jan)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (10 Jan)2ft (0.6m)14s

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

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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
!
!
!
4
3
2
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.6
SW
1.2
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
Period(s) (?)1414141313131313101514111099111010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16315814910299343417776291142652635531528209121811288696557484363279279
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
15
NNE
20
NW
25
W
30
W
30
W
35
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
W
35
WSW
30
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
10
NNW
15
N
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		offoffoffoffglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:02PM
1.64
11:25AM
1.61
11:53PM
1.63
12:14PM
1.59
12:41AM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:26PM
0.37
4:53AM
0.41
5:19PM
0.41
5:50AM
0.45
6:14PM
0.43
6:48AM
0.47
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise-----6:01-------6:01-------6:03--
Sunset-9:29-------9:29-------9:28------
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------1-----------
Temp. °C19191918172021211815121210912141517131211111517
Feels °C (?)18171716141816151184422471012119881313
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