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Riversdale surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 06 Feb 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
16.6° C
 (Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Riversdale today?

The current surf forecast for Riversdale at 6AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (06 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (06 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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

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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.5
SSW
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SW
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)10101010101410101313121111111010101010109141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2592102161731361201047755555264597389845049343331514752
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
5
N
5
SSE
5
E
10
N
10
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
WNW
5
SSW
10
S
5
NNE
10
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
5
WNW
5
W
25
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offglasscross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcrosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoffoffglasscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:01PM
1.41
9:26AM
1.49
9:52PM
1.39
10:16AM
1.43
10:42PM
1.37
11:05AM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:14AM
0.11
3:47PM
0.12
4:06AM
0.15
4:35PM
0.16
4:57AM
0.20
5:22PM
0.21
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise---6:26-------6:28-------6:28----
Sunset-------8:30-------8:30-------8:29
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141312131923232116151516202322221919191721211815
Feels °C (?)10119101822222115141315202221221818171720171512
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