Dunedin - Taieri Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 04 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 2.4°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 12PM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)2ft (0.6m)17s
Afternoon (04 Mar)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (04 Mar)2ft (0.6m)15s

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


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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSE
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
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
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)10171616161615111010109111111111111111010101514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)271237208201198188172191180163120115149295354284335277267252202198305394
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
N
0
N
5
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NNE
5
N
5
WNW
5
NW
0
ENE
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
NW
10
N
15
NNW
10
NW
5
SSE
0
W
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:08AM
1.94
4:26PM
1.88
4:50AM
1.88
5:09PM
1.83
5:32AM
1.80
5:52PM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:18AM
0.11
10:37PM
0.07
11:01AM
0.15
11:21PM
0.15
11:44AM
0.21
12:06AM
0.24
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
Sunrise--7:16-------7:18-------7:20-----
Sunset-----8:22-------8:21-------8:19--
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clear
clear
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cloud
clear
clear
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clear
clear
clear
clear
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cloud
cloud
part cloud
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C8911151516141313121517171717161514192626171515
Feels °C (?)5710131314121212111515151616141312162325171616
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