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Wainakarua River Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 16 Jan 2026 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
15.6° C
 (Which is 2.5°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: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (16 Jan)3ft (0.9m)7s
Evening (16 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.9
E
0.9
E
1
E
1.1
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.1
ESE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
0.9
ESE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
SE
Period(s) (?)131313777888888888888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)575584697810614719216723220120120616519119115315312010298886471
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
20
E
15
ESE
15
SE
10
S
20
SSE
20
S
20
S
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
5
S
10
SSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
NE
10
NNE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:28AM
1.64
2:43PM
1.56
3:09AM
1.69
3:22PM
1.59
3:47AM
1.72
4:00PM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:30AM
0.44
8:42PM
0.36
9:13AM
0.40
9:23PM
0.32
9:55AM
0.37
10:05PM
0.28
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
Sunrise-6:07-------6:09-------6:11------
Sunset-----9:22-------9:22-------9:21--
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
3222211-----------------
Temp. °C121212121212121111101313121212111010121313131111
Feels °C (?)889910887769988108881010101089
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