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Riversdale surf break

Riversdale surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 21 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Riversdale surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Riversdale sea temperature is
16.7° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Riversdale today?

The current surf forecast for Riversdale at 10PM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.1m 13s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)--
Afternoon (21 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Evening (21 Jan)8ft (2.5m)8s

Table - waves today at Riversdale. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
!
4
4
4
2
3
3
2
1
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
2.3
ENE
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
4
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
E
3
E
3
E
2.5
E
2.4
E
2.3
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.6
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)147888910101111111111111110101010109997
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)482581736105511341660222836782739266921731881158413171168834730520384377340246202294
Wind
(km/h)
30
NE
35
NE
35
NE
35
ENE
35
ENE
40
ENE
30
ENE
10
NE
15
WSW
25
W
20
W
20
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
20
WNW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NW
30
NW
25
WSW
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:09PM
1.28
8:32AM
1.43
8:54PM
1.29
9:17AM
1.43
9:41PM
1.32
10:04AM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:17AM
0.21
2:55PM
0.21
3:03AM
0.20
3:40PM
0.19
3:52AM
0.19
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunrise-----6:07-------6:09-------6:09--
Sunset-8:45-------8:45-------8:44------
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
Rain (mm)
126565421-------------31
Temp. °C161615161617171821211817161720222119171615141214
Feels °C (?)121110111111131920181515161718181715131110878
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