Dunedin - St Clair Surf Break

Lat Long: 45.91° S 170.50° E

Dunedin - St Clair 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 05 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Dunedin - St Clair sea temperature is
11.0°C
1.8° 

Dunedin - St Clair surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Dunedin - St Clair today (05 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 17s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Dunedin - St Clair at 10AM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Oct)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (05 Oct)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (05 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)17s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Tue afternoon, min 6°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, fresh winds from the S by Wed afternoon).

Monday
5
Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SSE
10
1
S
9
0.9
SSE
9
0.8
SSE
9
0.6
SSW
15
0.6
SSW
15
0.5
S
17
0.7
SSW
17
0.7
SSW
17
0.6
SSW
16
0.6
SSW
16
0.6
SSW
16
0.6
S
16
0.6
S
17
0.6
SSW
17
0.7
SSW
17
0.7
SSW
16
0.7
SSW
16
0.6
SSW
16
0.6
SSW
16
0.6
SSW
16
0.6
SSW
16
0.6
SSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
90
173
141
118
169
172
154
311
290
203
201
198
183
200
235
304
273
263
196
191
188
191
188
Wind (km/h)
5
N
10
NNE
10
NE
20
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
10
N
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
E
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
ESE
5
SSW
30
S
20
S
Wind State
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
on
High Tide
12:12PM1.76m
00:37AM1.68m
1:07PM1.79m
1:32AM1.73m
2:00PM1.82m
Low Tide
5:34AM0.23m
6:17PM0.26m
6:41AM0.20m
7:21PM0.22m
7:44AM0.16m
8:18PM0.17m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
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Temp °C
8
7
10
12
13
10
9
10
10
8
11
14
16
14
13
12
11
11
12
14
13
8
7
Feels °C
6
4
7
7
7
4
5
8
9
7
9
11
12
10
10
10
8
7
10
12
12
1
2
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