Riversdale surf break

Riversdale surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 21 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
15.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Riversdale today?

The current surf forecast for Riversdale at 5AM is: 4.5m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)15ft (4.5m)10s
Afternoon (22 Apr)8ft (2.5m)11s
Evening (22 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
1
1
2
2
2
1
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
SSE
5
SSE
4.5
SSE
4.5
SSE
4.5
SSE
4
SSE
2.5
ESE
3
S
2.3
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.1
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.9
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)10101010101011911111010101010101099999813
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)49034552420837923478332916991461117011481003855648565470386295232181146113106104130
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
S
40
S
35
S
35
S
35
S
30
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
0
SSE
5
E
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:32PM
1.66
9:02AM
1.50
9:29PM
1.65
10:00AM
1.47
10:27PM
1.63
10:57AM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:58AM
0.01
3:14PM
0.04
3:55AM
0.02
4:11PM
0.06
4:52AM
0.05
5:08PM
0.08
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise----6:52-------6:52-------6:54---
Sunset------5:35-------5:32-------5:31-
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
721111111231------------
Temp. °C1111111112111110101010101112131110109910131411
Feels °C (?)332243324455789887667111210
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