Wainakarua River Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 07 Mar 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
15.5° C
(Which is 2.4°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 1AM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (08 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (08 Mar)5ft (1.6m)5s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.2
S
1.8
S
1.5
S
0.5
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.6
SSE
Period(s) (?)1515151516161616164661677151514141413131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1181151161191241261241241225222117012920215717922516015419218730796123
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
10
NE
5
N
5
SSW
5
SSE
0
S
0
W
15
S
10
SSE
30
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
S
25
S
20
SSE
10
SSE
5
E
5
NNE
10
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
crossglassglasscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:26AM
1.57
7:53PM
1.57
8:17AM
1.49
8:48PM
1.51
9:14AM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:22AM
0.35
1:44PM
0.38
2:13AM
0.44
2:35PM
0.46
3:09AM
0.52
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise------7:20-------7:22-------7:24-
Sunset-8:14-------8:12-------8:09------
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------1382------------
Temp. °C19181716151518181612119101011131211111110101113
Feels °C (?)161718161516191715653555765797768
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