Dunedin - Taieri Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 05 Mar 2026 NZDT
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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
15.1° C
(Which is 2.5°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: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 05). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (05 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (05 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)11s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
3
2
2
3
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)15111010109111111111111111010101514151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)172191180163120115149292354284235277267254200196305394596766746726627636
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NE
10
ENE
10
E
5
ENE
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
10
WNW
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
SSE
5
W
5
NNE
10
NE
5
NNE
0
NNW
5
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
crossglassononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:50AM
1.88
5:09PM
1.83
5:32AM
1.80
5:52PM
1.77
6:14AM
1.71
6:36PM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:37PM
0.07
11:01AM
0.15
11:21PM
0.15
11:44AM
0.21
12:06AM
0.24
12:28PM
0.30
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise----7:18-------7:20-------7:20---
Sunset-------8:21-------8:19-------8:16
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141313121518191818161514182525171514131315171716
Feels °C (?)121212111416171717141311152324161614121216171615
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