Riversdale surf break

Riversdale surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 01 Mar 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
16.9° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Riversdale today?

The current surf forecast for Riversdale at 8AM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)1ft (0.3m)14s
Afternoon (01 Mar)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (01 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)5s

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


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
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1
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.7
S
2.2
S
1.9
S
2.5
S
3
S
3.5
S
4
S
3.5
S
3
S
3.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
3
S
Period(s) (?)99991413131368888913131012121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1626251536101269133178538424717137921144918465616343310283126822638242620612360
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
NNW
15
NNW
5
W
20
SSW
25
S
35
SSW
25
SW
25
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:47AM
1.56
4:13PM
1.41
4:42AM
1.55
5:08PM
1.41
5:36AM
1.54
6:01PM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:26PM
0.10
10:08AM
0.12
10:23PM
0.10
11:03AM
0.11
11:18PM
0.09
11:57AM
0.11
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise---6:54-------6:56-------6:58----
Sunset-------7:59-------7:58-------7:55
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------321211122111111-
Temp. °C1312111117212015111010111213111010119912131413
Feels °C (?)10999151916114453443234336787
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