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Riversdale surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 31 Jan 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
16.5° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Riversdale today?

The current surf forecast for Riversdale at 4PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (31 Jan)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (31 Jan)3ft (0.9m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSW
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
1
S
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
Period(s) (?)111110101010101514141313121111111012101111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3252381731601601201264534433953723392501731218882101543858573231
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
5
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
5
WNW
0
SE
10
E
20
E
15
ENE
20
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
20
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:29PM
1.45
4:59AM
1.62
5:25PM
1.45
5:55AM
1.63
6:21PM
1.45
6:50AM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:23AM
0.09
10:39PM
0.06
11:21AM
0.08
11:36PM
0.04
12:18PM
0.07
12:32AM
0.04
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise-------6:20-------6:22-------6:22
Sunset---8:37-------8:36-------8:35----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192225231512111216191917151314142125252323222019
Feels °C (?)1821222112981116171615131111111821232323211816
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