Dunedin - St Kilda Beach surf break

Dunedin - St Kilda Beach surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 19 Feb 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
14.6° 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 1PM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 19). 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 (19 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Afternoon (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Evening (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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

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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
2
1
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.9
SE
0.4
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.7
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)1615714678111113121212111188881615151615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)138128717053269517147173356396441350284253250523623198184181188186
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
NW
15
WSW
10
S
5
S
15
NE
5
N
5
NNE
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
W
35
W
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
20
W
10
NW
15
NE
25
NE
35
NNE
30
NE
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:57AM
1.80
6:16PM
1.75
6:42AM
1.78
7:03PM
1.75
7:29AM
1.75
7:54PM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:12PM
0.23
12:30AM
0.19
12:53PM
0.23
1:14AM
0.20
1:37PM
0.23
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise-6:56-------6:58--------7:00-----
Sunset-----8:44-------8:43-------8:40--
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
clear
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-------113--11----------
Temp. °C1414151518151514121213141312109109121415141412
Feels °C (?)1414131418121413966644213491010889
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