Wainakarua River Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 07 Apr 2026 NZST
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Wainakarua River Mouth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Wainakarua River Mouth sea temperature is
15.3° C
(Which is 3.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wainakarua River Mouth today?

The current surf forecast for Wainakarua River Mouth at 4PM is: 1.9m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Afternoon (07 Apr)6ft (1.9m)7s
Evening (07 Apr)6ft (1.9m)8s

Table - waves today at Wainakarua River Mouth. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.9
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1
E
1.1
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)6677889999910101010101010101010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)145212316414473899969601539563563518557592524452394386325266257175207166
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
S
10
SSE
10
S
5
SSE
5
WSW
5
S
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
crossglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:43AM
1.47
7:13PM
1.53
7:37AM
1.41
8:10PM
1.49
8:36AM
1.38
9:09PM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:00PM
0.48
1:38AM
0.53
1:53PM
0.52
2:33AM
0.55
2:47PM
0.53
3:26AM
0.55
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise7:01-------7:01-------7:03-------
Sunset---6:15-------6:13-------6:12----
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----1------------------
Temp. °C141414141414131314182119171615151718181413131212
Feels °C (?)101010101011101112171816141311121416151212131112
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