Riversdale surf break

Riversdale surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 22 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
15.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Riversdale today?

The current surf forecast for Riversdale at 7PM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 2.3m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)15ft (4.5m)10s
Afternoon (22 Apr)8ft (2.5m)11s
Evening (22 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
!
1
3
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
SSE
3.5
S
2.5
ESE
3
S
2.3
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.3
S
1.9
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)1010119111191010101091099999888889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3544208917381366117010358227115164543563362532201771431161068080999810394
Wind
(km/h)
40
S
35
S
35
S
30
S
25
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
15
S
10
SSW
5
SW
10
WSW
5
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
0
SE
5
E
0
NW
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
offoffoffglassglassglassoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:02AM
1.50
9:29PM
1.65
10:00AM
1.47
10:27PM
1.63
10:57AM
1.45
11:24PM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:14PM
0.04
3:55AM
0.02
4:11PM
0.06
4:52AM
0.05
5:08PM
0.08
5:49AM
0.07
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunrise6:52-------6:52-------6:54-------
Sunset--5:35-------5:32-------5:31-----
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
111-123211--------------
Temp. °C12111111109101011111211111099101313111010109
Feels °C (?)323344567788977681111108876
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