Porangahau River Mouth surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 08 Sep 2025 NZST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Porangahau River Mouth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Porangahau River Mouth sea temperature is
12.3° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Porangahau River Mouth today?

The current surf forecast for Porangahau River Mouth at 9AM is: 2.4m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)8ft (2.4m)12s
Afternoon (08 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Evening (08 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)10s

Table - waves today at Porangahau River Mouth. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thu
11
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
4
3
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
3
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
S
3.5
SSW
2.4
S
2.2
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.5
NE
0.6
ENE
Period(s) (?)141312121111101010101010101312111111111111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)37706654178513741012832633545472402396380438500361257203168179167138135127154
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
S
5
SSE
5
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
15
N
15
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
40
WNW
50
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:09AM
1.37
5:36PM
1.50
6:01AM
1.43
6:27PM
1.53
6:54AM
1.48
7:20PM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:19AM
0.12
11:55PM
0.11
12:13PM
0.08
12:47AM
0.06
1:08PM
0.05
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thu
11
Sunrise--6:26-------6:24-------6:22-----
Sunset----5:55-------5:57-------5:58---
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
Rain (mm)
----------------------1-
Temp. °C6681010987558131311981014151716121010
Feels °C (?)22456664114997435910121051-1
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wairarapa

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Porangahau River Mouth (light winds from the WSW at Takapau Plains Automatic Weather Station 51 km from Porangahau River Mouth). 3.3m 12s groundswell from the SSW with a 1.4m 12s groundswell, also from the SSW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

    Porangahau River Mouth
Expand
<
>
View all

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Porangahau River Mouth surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest
Nearest
Nearest