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Riversdale surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 06 Feb 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 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Riversdale today?

The current surf forecast for Riversdale at 2AM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 06). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Afternoon (07 Feb)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (07 Feb)2ft (0.6m)10s

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

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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SW
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
SW
1.1
SSW
1.3
S
1.5
S
1.1
S
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)101013131211111110101010101091456766778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)80775555526460738984504947343148641352029555455244
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
0
WNW
5
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
WNW
5
SW
10
S
5
ENE
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
E
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off		offoffoffoffglasscrossglasscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:52PM
1.39
10:16AM
1.43
10:42PM
1.37
11:05AM
1.37
11:31PM
1.35
11:53AM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:06AM
0.15
4:35PM
0.16
4:57AM
0.20
5:22PM
0.21
5:46AM
0.25
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise-----6:28-------6:28-------6:31--
Sunset-8:30-------8:30-------8:29------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C252317151517212322211716161520201916161615161617
Feels °C (?)242317131315212321211614151419161614141514151515
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