Dunedin - St Kilda Beach surf break

Dunedin - St Kilda Beach surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 08 Jan 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
15.4° C
(Which is 2.9°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 11AM is: 0.2m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Afternoon (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)101213131314141313121217661691515151414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)101417656212011099958958571721398288767371706911611161
Wind
(km/h)
0
WSW
5
NNW
5
NE
20
ENE
25
NE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NW
10
WSW
10
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
30
S
15
S
10
NE
10
NNE
15
N
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
WNW
5
NE
10
NE
15
NNW
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:47AM
1.78
9:14PM
1.70
9:41AM
1.71
10:09PM
1.66
10:34AM
1.66
11:02PM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:15AM
0.19
2:45PM
0.25
3:06AM
0.27
3:35PM
0.31
3:59AM
0.35
4:26PM
0.37
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise-5:56-------5:58-------6:00------
Sunset-----9:30-------9:29-------9:29--
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----1---11-----13441---
Temp. °C151516181916171716151418171513131213131721192120
Feels °C (?)16151615151516161514101411121111912131621191816
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