Wainakarua River Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 21 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
13.6° C
(Which is 2.3°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 12PM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)5ft (1.5m)8s
Afternoon (21 Apr)5ft (1.5m)8s
Evening (21 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
2
2
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SE
1.3
SSE
1.5
SE
1.5
SE
1.5
SE
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.1
ESE
1.3
S
1.2
ESE
1
ESE
1
E
1
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
Period(s) (?)898889988989101010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)33024931131131329929224123521122822720119619616716713113112396969674
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
5
SSW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
W
5
WNW
5
WSW
0
SE
10
E
5
NE
5
WNW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
offoffoffglassglassonglassglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:53AM
1.76
6:28PM
1.88
6:55AM
1.71
7:33PM
1.84
8:02AM
1.67
8:41PM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:14PM
0.13
12:56AM
0.22
1:17PM
0.17
2:01AM
0.24
2:22PM
0.19
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise--7:18-------7:20-------7:20-----
Sunset----5:51-------5:49-------5:47---
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C8888998888891110877781112998
Feels °C (?)445445454444785444599775
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