Dunedin - Taieri Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm 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 5PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 2s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

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
Sunday
08
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)10911111111111111101010151515151515151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)120115149292354335235277267208200196305485636890879736726636636636604627
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
5
NNW
5
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
5
SE
5
SW
0
S
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
ESE
10
NE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscrossononcross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:09PM
1.83
5:32AM
1.80
5:52PM
1.77
6:14AM
1.71
6:36PM
1.69
6:58AM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:01AM
0.15
11:21PM
0.15
11:44AM
0.21
12:06AM
0.24
12:28PM
0.30
12:53AM
0.35
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise--------7:20-------7:20-------
Sunset---8:21-------8:19-------8:16----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151818181716151418252517161413141619171513131313
Feels °C (?)141616171614131116222517161512141519161413131213
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