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Wainakarua River Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 26 Dec 2025 NZDT
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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
14.9° C
 (Which is 2.6°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 12AM is: 0.2m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 26). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Dec)--
Afternoon (27 Dec)1ft (0.3m)16s
Evening (27 Dec)0.5ft (0.2m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
SSE
0.4
SE
0.2
ENE
0.2
S
0.5
SE
0.2
S
0.3
SSE
0.3
S
0.2
SSE
0.3
SE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
Period(s) (?)161614147491371375779998999888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)42421616558142513954788810223937354645
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
15
NE
20
S
15
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
10
E
15
SE
20
SE
5
WNW
5
NW
5
W
5
WSW
5
W
10
SE
10
E
15
ESE
10
SE
5
S
5
SW
5
WSW
5
W
10
SSE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoffoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		glassoffoffoffcross-
on		ononcross-
on		glassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:40PM
1.49
9:10AM
1.58
9:34PM
1.51
10:04AM
1.58
10:34PM
1.57
11:02AM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:04AM
0.35
3:37PM
0.37
3:57AM
0.34
4:28PM
0.33
4:53AM
0.31
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Sunrise-----5:47-------5:48-------5:48--
Sunset-9:24-------9:25-------9:25------
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------14--------------
Temp. °C161712121211141413111111101013141414121111111313
Feels °C (?)131489109111099998811111112111010101111
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