Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Riversdale today (16 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with SSE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 11s period with SE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with SE swell.
The current surf forecast for Riversdale at 2AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Sep) | 2ft (0.6m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (16 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 11s |
| Evening (16 Sep) | 2ft (0.6m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Riversdale. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 16°C on Wed morning, min 8°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 16 | Thursday 17 | ||||||||||||||||
9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 8 | SSE 9 | SSE 8 | SE 8 | SSE 8 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 92 | 106 | 47 | 57 | 48 | 47 | 34 | 40 | 64 | 99 | 96 | 89 | 68 | 65 | 64 | 59 | 58 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 8:25PM1.40m | 8:49AM1.43m | 9:14PM1.36m | 9:37AM1.41m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:39AM0.18m | 3:09PM0.19m | 3:26AM0.22m | 3:58PM0.23m | |||||||||||||
 |  | | |  | | | | | | |  |  | | |  | | |
 | — | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:06 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 11 |
Feels °C | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 6 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 8 | SSE 9 | SSE 8 | SE 8 | SSE 8 | SE 12 | SE 8 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 |
| kJ | 92 | 106 | 47 | 57 | 48 | 47 | 34 | 40 | 64 | 99 | 96 | 89 | 68 | 65 | 64 | 59 | 58 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 9 | NE 4 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | S 8 | SE 8 | SE 11 | SE 8 | ESE 13 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | ENE 4 |
| kJ | 40 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 32 | 23 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 44 | 41 | 46 | 44 | 7 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 4 | SW 12 | SE 10 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | NE 12 | NE 12 | SE 16 | SSW 14 |
| kJ | 6 | 34 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 37 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | NNE 4 | — | — | — | NW 2 | WNW 3 | NW 3 | — | — | — | NNE 2 | NNE 3 | NNE 3 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 |
| kJ | — | 20 | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 24 | 53 | 53 | 24 | 4 |
Best forecast wave conditions in The Wairarapa | |||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Riversdale surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest