Dunedin - St Kilda Beach surf break

Dunedin - St Kilda Beach surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 16 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
14.9° 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 10AM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (16 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (16 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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

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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.1
E
1.2
E
1
SSW
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.7
SSW
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
ESE
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)1313121212121288128888881288111181010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)222215162157152150147144185256197172167167153153145128108114112857872
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
E
15
E
15
ESE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
S
5
SSW
5
SW
5
W
5
W
5
S
10
SE
15
E
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:57AM
1.68
3:15PM
1.60
3:39AM
1.71
3:57PM
1.62
4:21AM
1.72
4:39PM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:19AM
0.40
9:31PM
0.35
10:02AM
0.37
10:13PM
0.31
10:43AM
0.34
10:54PM
0.29
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
Sunrise-6:07-------6:07-------6:09------
Sunset-----9:25-------9:24-------9:24--
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
322111------------------
Temp. °C1212111111111111101012121212111098111213131110
Feels °C (?)8888878877989998769910977
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