Dunedin - St Kilda Beach surf break

Dunedin - St Kilda Beach surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 19 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
10.7° C
(Which is 1.7°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: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm July 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Afternoon (20 Jul)4ft (1.2m)11s
Evening (20 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)11s

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

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Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)101010111111111111101015151515101010101017161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)593560561605543538448444414354399451520520414363342344301350435646659697
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
ENE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
WSW
20
W
10
W
15
SW
15
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
0
SSW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
offoffoffcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:08PM
1.89
11:42AM
1.98
12:10AM
1.87
12:42PM
2.00
1:11AM
1.88
1:41PM
2.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:04AM
0.23
6:39PM
0.28
7:05AM
0.19
7:44PM
0.22
8:06AM
0.15
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Sunrise----8:10-------8:08-------8:07---
Sunset------5:17-------5:19-------5:20-
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C877771011987767911987777101110
Feels °C (?)443438854331267554433698
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Otago

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Dunedin - St Kilda Beach (calm at DunedinAeroAws 26 km from Dunedin - St Kilda Beach). 1.3m 10s swell from the ESE with a 0.9m 12s groundswell, also from the ESE and a 0.4m 16s long period groundswell, also from the S. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.

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26 km away, 1 h 41 min ago

2 km/h
N
-3.2
10.7
Air / Water (°C)
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