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Wainakarua River Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 25 Nov 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
13.6° C
 (Which is 2.9°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 9AM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Afternoon (25 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (25 Nov)4ft (1.2m)6s

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

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Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Fri
28
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)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
3
2
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.9
ENE
2.2
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.5
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
0.9
ENE
0.2
S
1.2
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)121110111166779999999991066889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1306255588293103199118444565783506388281235199126811757113101101
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
10
N
25
NNE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
25
NNE
10
W
25
WNW
10
SSE
5
N
5
NNW
10
N
20
NNE
30
N
30
W
20
WSW
5
S
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		offoffcrosscrossglasscrosscrosscross-
off		offoffglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:25AM
1.57
7:42PM
1.43
8:11AM
1.55
8:29PM
1.41
8:59AM
1.53
9:19PM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:14AM
0.44
1:52PM
0.49
2:02AM
0.45
2:40PM
0.48
2:50AM
0.44
3:27PM
0.46
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Fri
28
Sunrise-5:48-------5:48-------5:47------
Sunset-----8:58-------8:59-------9:00--
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C9913151514131414151820232316131414182324211515
Feels °C (?)668101010111211111516221814121312141717171415
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