Dunedin - St Kilda Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 45.91° S 170.53° E

Dunedin - St Kilda Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 16 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Dunedin - St Kilda Beach sea temperature is
10.6° C
1.9° 

Dunedin - St Kilda Beach 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 Kilda Beach today (16 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 16s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 15s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Dunedin - St Kilda Beach at 5PM is: 1.5m 16s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am August 16). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Aug)5ft (1.6m)16s
Afternoon (16 Aug)5ft (1.5m)16s
Evening (16 Aug)5ft (1.5m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Mild temperatures (max 9°C on Mon morning, min 4°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Sun night, strong winds from the WSW by Tue morning).

Sun
16
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
2
2
4
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
SSW
16
1.6
S
16
1.5
S
16
1.5
S
16
1.5
S
15
1.4
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
14
1.2
SSW
14
1.2
SSW
14
1.3
SSW
14
2.3
SW
13
1.3
SSW
13
0.7
SSW
13
1.3
SSW
7
1.6
SSW
7
1.9
SSW
8
2.4
SSW
9
3
SSW
10
3
S
12
4
SSW
14
3
S
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1225
1314
1145
1102
1032
869
734
622
605
580
1756
547
178
172
249
453
878
1433
2324
7065
4578
Wind (km/h)
15
W
15
WSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
25
W
25
WSW
30
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
6:21AM1.75m
6:49PM1.73m
7:16AM1.70m
7:43PM1.65m
8:11AM1.64m
8:37PM1.58m
Low Tide
12:26PM0.12m
00:51AM0.17m
1:15PM0.21m
1:38AM0.24m
2:04PM0.29m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:35
7:33
7:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:47
5:50
5:51
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
4
7
8
7
6
5
5
5
5
9
9
9
8
9
8
8
8
9
9
9
8
Feels °C
-1
2
4
3
2
1
1
0
0
2
3
2
1
2
1
-1
-2
0
1
2
2
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