Dunedin - Taieri Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 08 Apr 2026 NZST
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Dunedin - Taieri Mouth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Dunedin - Taieri Mouth sea temperature is
13.8° C
(Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dunedin - Taieri Mouth today?

The current surf forecast for Dunedin - Taieri Mouth at 3AM is: 1.9m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Afternoon (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

Table - waves today at Dunedin - Taieri Mouth. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
4
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
1.1
SW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.9
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.1
SW
Period(s) (?)10101010101313141414147131313131313121212121215
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)818818755666596101671631181161131251029911428211310960382914148
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
5
NW
5
NW
10
WNW
5
NW
0
WSW
0
NE
5
NW
15
W
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
5
NNE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:39PM
1.51
8:04AM
1.40
8:39PM
1.49
9:04AM
1.39
9:37PM
1.50
10:00AM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:05AM
0.58
2:22PM
0.56
3:01AM
0.58
3:16PM
0.54
3:53AM
0.55
4:06PM
0.49
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise----7:07-------7:07-------7:09---
Sunset-------6:13-------6:10-------6:09
clear
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---1--------------------
Temp. °C141313121318181613111110111415131110101012181915
Feels °C (?)1212111012171715108879121210978710151612
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