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Dunedin - St Clair surf break

Dunedin - St Clair surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 29 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
14.3° C
 (Which is 1.2°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 1PM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 29). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Afternoon (29 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (29 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sun
01
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
!
!
2
2
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.8
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
1.3
SSW
1
SSW
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
1
S
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)11111112126811121210101110999991312131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)626146192566012210651977467209196286226203194158154123329313475447392
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
NNW
5
WSW
30
SSW
25
WSW
20
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
10
W
15
E
15
E
10
E
10
NE
10
NW
10
W
5
WNW
0
E
10
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offglasscross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:07AM
1.83
1:32PM
1.73
2:04AM
1.88
2:28PM
1.78
3:00AM
1.93
3:23PM
1.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:18AM
0.30
7:40PM
0.22
8:23AM
0.25
8:43PM
0.16
9:22AM
0.20
9:41PM
0.11
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sun
01
Sunrise-6:26-------6:26-------6:28------
Sunset-----9:14-------9:13-------9:12--
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151618161516141010101315151312121110131415141312
Feels °C (?)151517111011956610121311101099131212111110
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