Dunedin - St Kilda Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 45.91° S 170.53° E

Dunedin - St Kilda Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Dunedin - St Kilda Beach sea temperature is
11.9°C
1.8° 

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 (03 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 14s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Dunedin - St Kilda Beach at 9PM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 03). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Nov)--
Afternoon (03 Nov)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (03 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Fri morning, min 9°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
3
Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Fri
6
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.7
S
11
0.8
S
11
0.8
S
10
0.7
S
10
0.7
S
10
0.6
S
9
0.6
S
9
0.5
S
9
0.5
S
8
0.5
S
8
0.4
S
8
0.4
S
8
0.4
S
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
277
351
419
346
341
308
299
229
225
116
151
138
96
92
61
57
38
35
34
22
22
21
Wind (km/h)
10
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
5
SE
10
ESE
10
ENE
5
ENE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
00:22AM1.71m
12:50PM1.78m
1:15AM1.75m
1:41PM1.78m
2:06AM1.78m
Low Tide
6:00PM0.25m
6:26AM0.22m
7:02PM0.23m
7:28AM0.21m
7:58PM0.20m
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
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cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
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6:11
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6:09
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6:07
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2
3
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Temp °C
11
10
9
9
9
10
11
15
15
13
11
11
11
12
15
15
14
13
11
11
11
12
Feels °C
9
7
4
3
4
6
7
11
10
9
8
9
10
12
15
14
12
12
10
10
10
11
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