Dunedin - St Kilda Beach surf break

Dunedin - St Kilda Beach surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 08 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Dunedin - St Kilda Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Dunedin - St Kilda Beach sea temperature is
15.3° C
(Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Dunedin - St Kilda Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Dunedin - St Kilda Beach at 1PM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Afternoon (08 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Evening (08 Feb)3ft (0.9m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
2
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
1
SSW
1.4
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
S
0.9
SSW
1
S
0.6
SSW
1
S
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)14148888101212121212121212121212121111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)111107107248112147154304119314313373379371365371371299284213188181167127
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
10
S
10
SE
10
ENE
5
NE
10
WNW
15
W
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
SE
15
E
20
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
15
NNE
10
N
5
WNW
15
NNE
10
NE
5
N
5
SW
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:56AM
1.60
10:24PM
1.61
10:47AM
1.56
11:15PM
1.59
11:38AM
1.53
12:05AM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:21AM
0.39
3:43PM
0.41
4:11AM
0.46
4:33PM
0.46
5:05AM
0.50
5:26PM
0.48
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
Sunrise-6:41-------6:41-------6:43------
Sunset-----9:00-------9:00-------8:59--
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
2-----------------------
Temp. °C1010111412121211991213131311121211141722191716
Feels °C (?)5561099109569109978109131421191717
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