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Dunedin - St Kilda Beach surf break

Dunedin - St Kilda Beach surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 15 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
14.8° 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 3AM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 15). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)3ft (0.9m)14s
Afternoon (15 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (15 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
S
0.8
E
0.9
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)13131314141413131313131312121212127778888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2182822953273273042952952322252222151621551521501395979107113124127109
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
15
E
15
E
20
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
E
20
E
15
E
15
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
SW
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:13AM
1.66
2:31PM
1.59
2:57AM
1.68
3:15PM
1.60
3:39AM
1.71
3:57PM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:59PM
0.41
8:33AM
0.43
8:47PM
0.38
9:19AM
0.40
9:31PM
0.35
10:02AM
0.37
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise---6:05-------6:07-------6:07----
Sunset-------9:27-------9:25-------9:24
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
11------11122211--------
Temp. °C121111111212121312121211111111111111111011121212
Feels °C (?)1099898797887889998988999
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