Riversdale 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 41.10° S 176.07° E

Issued: 11 pm 23 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Riversdale sea temperature is

12.3° C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Riversdale today (24 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (24 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 4s period with NNE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 4s period with NNE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Riversdale at 4AM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm July 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (24 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	4s
Afternoon (24 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	4s
Evening (24 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 13°C on Fri morning, min 6°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds.
		Friday 24								Saturday 25
	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	SSE 10	SSW 9	S 9	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NE 5	NE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	ENE 12	E 12	ENE 12	SSW 7	S 8
Wave Graph
kJ	17	18	16	8	16	18	14	31	38	68	86	50	26	71	161	432	419
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNW	N	N	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	WSW	SW	SW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			00:47AM1.29m				1:15PM1.35m				1:35AM1.27m				2:01PM1.35m
Low Tide	6:41PM0.27m				6:58AM0.26m				7:30PM0.30m				7:43AM0.29m				8:17PM0.32m


	—	—	—	7:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:30	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:14	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	1	7	9	2	1
Temp °C	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	9	8	8	8	8
Feels °C	7	6	6	6	6	8	7	8	7	6	8	7	7	3	0	0	2
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	SSW 9	SSW 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	ESE 12	ESE 13	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 8	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 12
kJ	17	16	16	7	15	6	6	14	16	68	86	50	22	42	161	156	137
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 9	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSW 9	SSW 9	ESE 12	ESE 12	S 9	S 9	ESE 13	SE 13	SE 13	ENE 8	E 12	SE 17	SE 16	SE 16
kJ	8	18	9	8	7	14	14	6	6	16	26	27	12	71	148	133	206
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	SE 10	SE 12	SW 9	SW 8	SW 8	SW 14	S 9	SSW 15	ENE 11	ENE 12	SE 13	SSW 17	SSW 16	SSW 16
kJ	12	12	12	4	6	3	3	3	7	1	21	13	26	27	29	26	26
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NE 5	NE 6	N 3	NNW 3	NW 3	W 4	SW 3	SW 5	SSW 7	S 8
kJ	5	10	10	10	16	18	13	31	38	1	4	1	4	1	127	432	419
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Owahanga Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Pourere Beach Wairarapa	Owahanga Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Waipaoa River Gisborne and Mahia	Tutaekuri River Mouth Hawkes Bay	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	3
Distance (km)	53	269	176	176	235	176	176	176	99	53	0	0	0	26	309	185	213
Best forecast wave conditions in The Wairarapa	Blackhead								Pourere Beach	Tora Point	Blackhead	Humenga Point	Tora Point	Blackhead
Rating (10 max)	1								1	1	1	1	1	1
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Raglan-Whale Bay Raglan and West Waikato	Makorori Point Gisborne and Mahia	Papatowai Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tairua Bar Coromandel	Papatowai Catlins	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island
Rating (10 max)	3	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	2	6	6	7	5	5
Header Global	Point Roadnight Australia	Benkunqut Indonesia	Benkunqut Indonesia	Point Roadnight Australia	Point Roadnight Australia	Dolphin Point South Africa	Dolphin Point South Africa	Bruces Beauties South Africa	Boneyards South Africa	Sea Vista South Africa	Cathedral Rock Australia	Cathedral Rock Australia	Papatowai New Zealand	Spooky's New Zealand	Nine Mile New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Bancoora Australia
Rating (10 max)	8	4	4	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	6	6	7	5	5

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