Dunedin - St Kilda Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 45.91° S 170.53° E

Dunedin - St Kilda Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Dunedin - St Kilda Beach sea temperature is
10.7°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 (09 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 19s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 18s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 13s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Dunedin - St Kilda Beach at 11AM is: 0.4m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)1ft (0.3m)19s
Afternoon (09 Sep)1ft (0.3m)18s
Evening (09 Sep)2ft (0.6m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 12°C on Wed afternoon, min 5°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, strong winds from the WSW by Fri night).

Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
Friday
11
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
3
4
4
3
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SSW
12
0.3
S
19
0.3
S
19
0.4
SSW
18
0.3
SSW
18
0.5
SSW
13
0.6
SSW
13
0.7
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
1.2
SSW
19
1.4
SSW
18
1.6
SSW
18
1.9
SSW
18
1.9
SSW
18
1.8
SSW
18
1.7
SSW
18
1.6
SSW
17
1.2
SSW
17
3
SW
14
2.5
SSW
16
4
SSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
27
66
64
106
61
101
135
178
195
376
392
1072
1317
1548
2217
2193
1929
1687
1549
877
2887
3560
7439
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
5
NW
5
NW
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
15
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
20
W
20
WNW
15
NW
20
NNW
20
W
30
W
35
W
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
Wind State
off
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
1:39AM1.77m
2:08PM1.87m
2:30AM1.81m
2:59PM1.88m
3:21AM1.82m
3:49PM1.85m
Low Tide
7:55AM0.08m
8:29PM0.11m
8:50AM0.04m
9:19PM0.08m
9:40AM0.03m
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:52
6:50
6:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:17
6:19
6:20
 mm
2
1
1
1
Temp °C
6
6
7
10
12
10
10
5
5
6
6
8
8
8
6
5
5
7
11
11
10
8
7
Feels °C
3
3
5
7
9
7
6
-1
-1
-1
-2
0
1
2
1
0
0
2
4
3
1
-1
-3
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