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Anatori River Surf Photo: 'Rob Lewis goes left near Anatori' by Rob Davies

Lat Long: 40.70° S 172.37° E

Issued: 11 pm 01 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Anatori River sea temperature is

14.8° C

1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year

Anatori River surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	NNE	NE	WSW	WNW
	16 s	glass	3 s	16 s	17 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 March at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	E	E	WSW	N
	16 s	cross- off	4 s	16 s	3 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 March at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	ESE	ESE	WSW	WNW
	15 s	cross- off	6 s	15 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 March at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	ESE	ESE	WSW	ESE
	15 s	cross- off	6 s	15 s	3 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 March at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	ESE	ESE	WSW	ESE
	15 s	cross- off	7 s	15 s	4 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 March at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	ESE	ESE	WSW	WNW
	15 s	cross- off	7 s	15 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 March at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	ESE	ESE	WSW	WNW
	15 s	cross- off	7 s	15 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 March at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	ESE	ESE	WSW	WNW
	15 s	cross- off	7 s	15 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 March at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	ESE	ESE	WSW
	15 s	cross- off	7 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 March at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	ESE	ESE	WSW	W
	14 s	off	6 s	14 s	23 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 March at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	E	ESE	WSW	W
	14 s	cross- off	6 s	14 s	22 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 March at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	NE	ENE	WSW	W
	14 s	cross- off	6 s	14 s	22 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 March at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	NNE	NNE	WSW	ESE
	14 s	cross- on	6 s	14 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 24 March at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	N	N	NNE	WSW
	13 s	cross- on	6 s	6 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 24 March at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NNE	NW	NNE	NNE	WSW
	6 s	glass	7 s	7 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 24 March at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	NNW		NNE	WSW
	13 s	glass		7 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 24 March at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	N		NNE	WSW
	13 s	cross- on		7 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 24 March at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

Image captured 39 minutes before high water (rising ordinary tide). Tide height was 2.8m (9.3 ft). Range 3.74m (12.3 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Anatori River Surf Photo: 'Rob Lewis goes left near Anatori' by Rob Davies

We tended to pick off the smaller waves like this one between sets because the big sets were pretty intimidating at close to double-overhead early on. Lefts were best but that direction was into the wind and cross-chop.

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User: Rob Davies (1346 photos)

Country: New Zealand (2470 photos)

Photo taken at: 2:27 pm 23 Mar 2018