Dunedin - St Kilda Beach Surf Forecast

/ Otago (35 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (45.91° S 170.53° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Dunedin - St Kilda Beach surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 17 Sep 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 10.3° C
(Which is 1.4°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: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 17). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s
Afternoon (17 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	9s
Evening (17 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	9s

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

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	Wednesday 17							Thursday 18								Friday 19								Sat 20
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	3	2	1	3	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	14	14	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	12	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	139	136	104	80	80	60	60	60	60	60	75	394	351	665	608	603	1177	678	738	724	703	686	843	917
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNE	N	WNW	WSW	W	NNW	NW	WNW	WNW	W	W	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	W	W	WNW	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)					12:15PM 1.76				12:38AM 1.68				1:07PM 1.78				1:29AM 1.70				1:57PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)		5:50AM 0.23					6:32PM 0.26				6:53AM 0.20				7:29PM 0.23				7:48AM 0.17				8:19PM 0.20

	Wednesday 17							Thursday 18								Friday 19								Sat 20
Sunrise	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	14	16	12	13	11	10	10	10	10	11	8	7	5	5	4	3	6	8	10	7	6	6
Feels °C (?)	9	10	12	12	7	10	9	8	6	4	3	1	-2	-2	-4	-4	-3	-3	1	4	3	0	1	2

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