Hydro Surf Shop calls itself the longest running surf shop in the South Island, and it is at 250 Forbury Road in St Clair, Dunedin. The shop sells surfboards, wetsuits, bodyboards, sunglasses, fins, surfboard bags and other surf gear. It also stocks its own Hydro clothing, which the site says is designed and made locally. The brands it lists include O'Neill, Rip Curl, Xcel, Vissla, FCS, Ocean & Earth, Futures, Captain Fin Co, Solarez, Sex Wax and C-Skins, among others.
Freight is free on orders over $100, excluding surfboards, and surfboard freight is $100 (as at 2026). Customers can pay later with Afterpay or Laybuy. The site says the staff give local, knowledgeable and friendly service, and visitors can call the shop on 03 477 0429. A shop that has run for this long gives Dunedin surfers a long-standing local place to buy their gear.