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Riversdale surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 12 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
17.8° C
 (Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Riversdale today?

The current surf forecast for Riversdale at 6PM is: 2.0m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 1.2m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (12 Jan)5ft (1.6m)14s
Evening (12 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
1
SSW
1.7
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
2.1
NE
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)15151312111110121211117101010999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1814681074116080767247785569954544136027923018417310610610476103797678
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
30
NE
30
NE
20
NNE
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
W
10
SSE
10
SE
5
ESE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offglasscross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:16PM
1.30
1:45AM
1.32
2:04PM
1.27
2:32AM
1.32
2:52PM
1.25
3:18AM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:09AM
0.27
7:30PM
0.25
7:58AM
0.30
8:15PM
0.29
8:46AM
0.32
9:00PM
0.31
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise-------5:56-------5:58-------6:00
Sunset---8:50-------8:49-------8:49----
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------------------131
Temp. °C151615151514131318222323161514141820191716151515
Feels °C (?)131312121311101114171819131111121619181616141414
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