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Riversdale surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 30 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
16.2° C
 (Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Riversdale today?

The current surf forecast for Riversdale at 2PM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 30). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jan)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (30 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Evening (30 Jan)5ft (1.6m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Mon
02
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
1.1
S
1
SSE
0.9
SSW
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
SSW
1
S
1
SSW
1.1
S
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)1111116613131313121111101010101015141413131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)43959010090307848878604454325238173160160120129237423395427418308224
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
10
N
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
0
NE
15
E
15
E
20
ENE
20
NNE
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffglasscross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:05AM
1.56
3:31PM
1.44
4:02AM
1.60
4:29PM
1.45
4:59AM
1.62
5:25PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:25AM
0.11
9:41PM
0.08
10:23AM
0.09
10:39PM
0.06
11:21AM
0.08
11:36PM
0.04
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Mon
02
Sunrise-6:18-------6:18-------6:20------
Sunset-----8:37-------8:37-------8:36--
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141516171716151413131922242215121212161919181514
Feels °C (?)13131314141312131212182121191291011161717161212
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