Dunedin - St Kilda Beach surf break

Dunedin - St Kilda Beach surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 12 Jul 2025 NZST
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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
10.8° C
(Which is 1.8°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 6AM is: 3.5m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 12). An open ocean swell of 4.5m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jul)11ft (3.5m)12s
Afternoon (12 Jul)11ft (3.5m)11s
Evening (12 Jul)10ft (3.0m)11s

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

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Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
E
3.5
E
3.5
E
3.5
E
3.5
E
3.5
E
3
E
3
E
3
E
3
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.4
E
2.4
E
2.3
E
2.4
E
2.4
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
2.1
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)111212121111111111111111111111111110101010101010101111111010101111111111111111111111101010101111111111112120191918181717
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)381436643394316428432771244420462141197716591597158114841644145015391426119610139288347356847247771808687581492485547471510442434415479520546536449364296305361448629503481343381414447541665734615667627
Wind
(km/h)
35
NE
20
NE
20
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NE
10
N
5
NW
10
WNW
5
SW
10
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
20
NE
5
N
5
W
10
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NE
10
NE
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
10
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
20
WSW
10
WSW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
N
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
WSW
10
SW
15
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
N
10
N
5
SW
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
WSW
5
N
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:40AM
1.83
5:04PM
1.96
5:21AM
1.87
5:45PM
1.99
6:05AM
1.91
6:30PM
2.00
6:52AM
1.93
7:17PM
2.00
7:44AM
1.94
8:09PM
1.98
8:41AM
1.94
9:06PM
1.95
9:41AM
1.94
10:06PM
1.91
10:42AM
1.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:28AM
0.18
11:54PM
0.22
12:14PM
0.17
12:39AM
0.24
1:02PM
0.17
1:28AM
0.27
1:51PM
0.19
2:18AM
0.29
2:42PM
0.21
3:12AM
0.30
3:34PM
0.25
4:07AM
0.28
4:30PM
0.28
5:05AM
0.26
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunrise--8:15-------8:15-------8:15-------8:14-------8:12-------8:12-------8:11-------8:11-
Sunset----5:09-------5:10-------5:12-------5:13-------5:14-------5:15-------5:15-------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1111101111101010999109988777911988887898776668988776678888556898898889
Feels °C (?)476545786776556643369643354545443335644343345422112466565566
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