Riversdale surf break

Riversdale surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 02 Apr 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
15.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Riversdale today?

The current surf forecast for Riversdale at 1PM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)6ft (1.8m)12s
Afternoon (02 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (02 Apr)5ft (1.5m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
1
0
1
2
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)131212121212121615141413131212121211111111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10219969808608337356461809165414631304112184868148033927620915411685825233
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
NNW
10
N
15
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
N
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:04AM
1.42
6:29PM
1.39
6:52AM
1.39
7:16PM
1.40
7:40AM
1.37
8:03PM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:21PM
0.17
12:44AM
0.18
1:08PM
0.18
1:33AM
0.19
1:54PM
0.20
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
Sunrise--7:31-------7:31-------7:33-----
Sunset-----7:07-------7:05-------7:04--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101012151614131313121320221816161515172022191615
Feels °C (?)88911121110101091017191614141313151820181514
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