Riversdale surf break

Riversdale surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 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
12.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Riversdale today?

The current surf forecast for Riversdale at 8AM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 17). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (17 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (17 Sep)2ft (0.6m)10s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SE
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.6
S
2
S
2.1
S
2.1
S
2.2
S
1.9
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
Period(s) (?)10101010101010101010101010141413137891010910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)87747474495677535234353533144229219123377487656882660341410
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
40
WNW
20
WNW
40
NW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
40
NW
55
NW
45
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
25
W
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:43AM
1.40
1:11PM
1.53
1:39AM
1.38
2:07PM
1.50
2:33AM
1.36
3:00PM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:53AM
0.13
7:33PM
0.14
7:48AM
0.15
8:28PM
0.16
8:42AM
0.16
9:20PM
0.18
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
Sunrise--6:13-------6:11-------6:11-----
Sunset-----6:06-------6:07-------6:07--
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------121------
Temp. °C1414151516151515151516161513121088899875
Feels °C (?)116117991098577766421112332
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wairarapa

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Riversdale (stormy winds from the NW at CastlepointAws 25 km from Riversdale). 1.0m 10s swell from the SSW with a 0.5m 10s swell from the SE and a 0.2m 10s swell from the E. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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87 km/h
NW
0.0
12.1
Air / Water (°C)
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