Riversdale Surf Forecast

/ Wairarapa (36 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (41.10° S 176.07° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Riversdale surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 08 Nov 2025 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 15.2° 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 6AM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	10s
Afternoon (08 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	10s
Evening (08 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s

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

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12 Days Hourly

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		Saturday 08								Sunday 09								Monday 10
	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	NE	SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	16	16	17	17	16	15	15	16	15	15	14	13	13	8	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	135	186	190	186	186	145	139	113	100	102	76	166	159	144	126	128	140	135	123	110	102	98	126	83
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	NW	W	WNW	WNW	SE	E	ENE	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					7:49AM 1.70				8:19PM 1.54				8:47AM 1.71				9:17PM 1.52				9:44AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)			1:33AM -0.01				2:14PM -0.03				2:31AM -0.01				3:13PM -0.03				3:28AM 0.01					4:11PM -0.00

		Saturday 08								Sunday 09								Monday 10
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	13	13	19	23	24	21	15	13	11	11	17	19	18	16	14	14	13	14	20	23	22	21
Feels °C (?)	13	10	10	10	15	19	20	17	11	9	9	9	16	17	15	14	12	10	10	11	17	20	20	19

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