Riversdale surf break

Riversdale surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 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 1PM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 01). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)1ft (0.3m)14s
Afternoon (01 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (01 Mar)5ft (1.6m)5s

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


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
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1
!
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.6
S
2.3
S
2
S
2.5
SSW
3
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
3.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
3
S
2.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)9914131313588889131310101212121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)25153610113513314758549474914121978448543462387162830862943294327592375202724161363
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
15
SSW
25
S
35
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
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)
10:08AM
0.12
10:23PM
0.10
11:03AM
0.11
11:18PM
0.09
11:57AM
0.11
12:12AM
0.10
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
Sunrise-6:54-------6:56-------6:58------
Sunset-----7:59-------7:58-------7:55--
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
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------33112121211111----
Temp. °C11111721201611910111111111111101010121314131312
Feels °C (?)9915201712435433233334567788
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