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Allans Beach

Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand

Allans Beach 3 photos

  • New Zealand Sea Lion sitting at Allan's Beach

    New Zealand Sea Lion sitting at Allan's Beach. Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain. Source

  • New Zealand Sea Lion snoozing in the sand

    New Zealand Sea Lion snoozing in the sand. Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain. Source

  • Big waves splashing (Unsplash)

    Big waves splashing (Unsplash). Aleks Dahlberg aleksdahlberg, CC0. Source

Today at a glance

Calmest: 7 pm to sunset, sunset 8:15 pm
7 am
4.3
14 km/h9 mph wind, Fair
8 am
4.3
13 km/h8 mph wind, Fair
9 am
5.8
11 km/h7 mph wind, Good
10 am
6.5
9 km/h6 mph wind, Good
11 am
6.7
10 km/h6 mph wind, Good
12 pm
7.0
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
1 pm
7.1
10 km/h6 mph wind, Great
2 pm
7.4
8 km/h5 mph wind, Great
3 pm
6.5
6 km/h3 mph wind, Good
4 pm
5.9
6 km/h3 mph wind, Good
5 pm
5.5
7 km/h4 mph wind, Good
6 pm
6.9
8 km/h5 mph wind, Good
Now
6.8
8 km/h5 mph wind, Good
8 pm
6.1
8 km/h5 mph wind, Good

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

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Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
19°C65°F
Water
13°C55°F
Wind
85 km/hmph NNE
Gusts
1811 km/hmph
Waves
1.2 m4 ft
UV
1 low
Tide
rising
Rain
0%
Sunset
8:15 pm
Today
4.3Fair7 am149
4.3Fair8 am138
5.8Good9 am117
6.5Good10 am96
6.7Good11 am106
7.0Great12 pm117
7.1Great1 pm106
7.4Great2 pm85
6.5Good3 pm63
5.9Good4 pm63
5.5Good5 pm74
6.9Good6 pm85
6.8GoodNow85
6.1Good8 pm85
Sat
4.5Fair7 am85
4.5Fair8 am95
6.5Good9 am85
6.4Good10 am95
6.4Good11 am96
6.5Good12 pm138
6.6Good1 pm1510
7.0Great2 pm149
7.0Great3 pm96
6.5Good4 pm95
6.2Good5 pm53
6.9Good6 pm32
6.9Good7 pm42
6.6Good8 pm85
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. High at 1 am, 0.8 m. Low at 7 am, -0.6 m. High at 2 pm, 0.9 mHigh 1 am, 0.8 m3 ftLow 7 am, -0.6 m2 ftHigh 2 pm, 0.9 m3 ftNow1 am7 am1 pm7 pm
  • High 1 am, 0.8 m3 ft
  • Low 7 am, -0.6 m2 ft
  • High 2 pm, 0.9 m3 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sun7.0 GreatBest 1 pm to 4 pmWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 21%
  • Mon5.0 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 35 km/h22 mph, rain 70%
  • Tue4.0 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 43 km/h26 mph, rain 49%
  • Wed4.6 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 28 km/h17 mph, rain 34%
  • Thu3.5 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 29 km/h18 mph, rain 69%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

About Allans Beach

From Wikipedia

Allans Beach is a white sand beach on the Pacific Ocean coast of Otago Peninsula, in the South Island of New Zealand. It forms the seaward shore of a large spit at the entrance to Hoopers Inlet. Allans Beach is 25 kilometres (16 mi) by road from Dunedin city centre and 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the small town of Portobello. It receives little human traffic but is known to trampers, surfers, and naturists.

Source: Allans Beach on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest town
5.8 km3.6 miHarwood (village)
Nearest airport
38 km24 miDunedin Airport (DUD)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

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