Dunedin - St Clair surf break

Dunedin - St Clair surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 09 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
14.1° C
(Which is 2.5°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 5AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Afternoon (10 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (10 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
S
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)10101010713131399999121281414131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)377273267226114595858831066364781414687777171716
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
20
W
20
WSW
15
W
5
WNW
10
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
5
NW
10
E
5
ESE
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:51PM
1.56
10:16AM
1.48
10:41PM
1.58
11:04AM
1.52
11:29PM
1.63
11:50AM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:38AM
0.52
3:55PM
0.49
4:32AM
0.51
4:50PM
0.47
5:26AM
0.47
5:45PM
0.42
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise----7:07-------7:07-------7:09---
Sunset-------6:10-------6:08-------6:07
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121110101113131211111111121715141414141314161615
Feels °C (?)876691187778881310101110111011131413
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