Riversdale surf break

Riversdale surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 08 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
15.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Riversdale today?

The current surf forecast for Riversdale at 1PM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 2.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)8ft (2.5m)9s
Afternoon (08 Apr)10ft (3.0m)9s
Evening (08 Apr)7ft (2.2m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
!
!
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.2
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
Period(s) (?)88999999999999999991010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7099351097135415351001809655592533359400352333289289295259259276235226267262
Wind
(km/h)
30
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
15
SSW
15
S
10
S
5
SSE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcrosscrosscrossglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:45AM
1.27
10:05PM
1.36
10:31AM
1.24
10:50PM
1.35
11:15AM
1.22
11:35PM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:43AM
0.27
3:53PM
0.31
4:28AM
0.29
4:37PM
0.33
5:13AM
0.31
5:21PM
0.33
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
Sunrise--6:37-------6:39-------6:39-----
Sunset----5:55-------5:54-------5:52---
light rain
part cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1-1---------------------
Temp. °C161617212119171514141722221917171514161817151515
Feels °C (?)121214181918141312121520201717171412151615141615
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