Riversdale surf break

Riversdale surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 04 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
15.6° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Riversdale today?

The current surf forecast for Riversdale at 12PM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (04 Apr)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (04 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)10s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
E
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.7
ENE
1.2
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1
ENE
Period(s) (?)121111111111101010999161615141313101010101011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2762091541168557523131282815135191169143989095242109325253222
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
NW
5
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:40AM
1.37
8:03PM
1.40
8:27AM
1.34
8:49PM
1.40
9:13AM
1.32
9:34PM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:33AM
0.19
1:54PM
0.20
2:22AM
0.20
2:39PM
0.23
3:10AM
0.22
3:24PM
0.26
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
Sunrise--7:33-------7:33-------7:35-----
Sunset-----7:04-------7:01-------7:00--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151516202219161513131415151414141515161717161615
Feels °C (?)131314182018151412121314131314141515141414131312
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