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Wainakarua River Mouth Surf Forecast
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Wainakarua River Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 NZST
How big are the waves at Wainakarua River Mouth today?
The current surf forecast for Wainakarua River Mouth at 2PM is: 1.2m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 17). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 6s |
| Afternoon (17 Sep) | 4ft (1.2m) | 7s |
| Evening (17 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 7s |
Table - waves today at Wainakarua River Mouth. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 69 | 42 | 138 | 84 | 40 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 67 | 99 | 87 | 694 | 169 | 364 | 845 | 360 | 343 | 378 | 325 | 298 | 246 | 447 | 447 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | cross- off | cross- off | on | cross | cross- off | glass | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 11:43AM 1.80 | 12:05AM 1.70 | 12:35PM 1.82 | 12:55AM 1.73 | 1:21PM 1.83 | 1:39AM 1.75 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 5:53PM 0.26 | 6:11AM 0.18 | 6:44PM 0.23 | 7:00AM 0.16 | 7:30PM 0.21 | |||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 6:35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 6:25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:29 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 13 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Feels °C (?) | 10 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | -1 | -3 | -4 | -4 | -2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Otago
The wind is still cross-off at Wainakarua River Mouth (moderate winds from the NW at Oamaru Aero Automatic Weather Station 38 km from Wainakarua River Mouth). 0.5m 9s swell from the SSE with a 0.3m 11s groundswell from the SE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
38 km away, 55 min ago
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