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Wainakarua River Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 21 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
15.9° 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 10AM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (21 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Evening (21 Jan)6ft (1.8m)7s

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

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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
2
4
3
3
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
1.6
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.9
E
1.9
E
2
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.9
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
Period(s) (?)141313126777788889991011121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)61691338716229831632137538541843945453750561266691710761002988972821721
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
20
N
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NE
25
NNE
25
NE
30
NE
30
ENE
30
NE
25
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
5
N
10
SW
10
S
15
SW
20
SW
15
SW
20
S
30
WSW
35
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:42AM
1.74
5:55PM
1.62
6:21AM
1.71
6:36PM
1.60
7:03AM
1.68
7:21PM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:58AM
0.31
12:10AM
0.23
12:41PM
0.31
12:55AM
0.25
1:26PM
0.31
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
Sunrise-6:15-------6:16-------6:16------
Sunset-----9:19-------9:17-------9:16--
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131114151314141515151515151515151514141314151313
Feels °C (?)87810810101111101011131414161413129111165
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