Dunedin - St Clair surf break

Dunedin - St Clair surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 22 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
14.8° C
(Which is 1.7°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 7AM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 22). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Feb)6ft (1.8m)5s
Afternoon (22 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)10s
Evening (22 Feb)6ft (1.8m)8s

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

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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
1.8
SW
2.2
SW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.1
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
SE
0.4
SSW
0.4
SE
0.8
SSW
0.5
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
Period(s) (?)1616151451010888888888111211611111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1911371231061689187924606514431531611058448333145294558797671
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
5
WNW
20
WNW
45
W
55
W
40
WSW
35
SW
35
SSW
20
SW
10
W
10
NW
10
N
15
NNE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
30
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
S
15
S
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:54PM
1.75
8:22AM
1.71
8:51PM
1.74
9:20AM
1.67
9:52PM
1.74
10:21AM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:01AM
0.23
2:23PM
0.25
2:52AM
0.27
3:14PM
0.27
3:48AM
0.31
4:11PM
0.29
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise----7:01-------7:03-------7:05---
Sunset-------8:39-------8:37-------8:36
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1413121212161615121099121718161815131213151513
Feels °C (?)111172178887769121211139878111211
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