Wainakarua River Mouth 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 45.27° S 170.86° E

Issued: 11 am 12 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Wainakarua River Mouth sea temperature is

10.2° C

Wainakarua River Mouth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Wainakarua River Mouth today (12 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 14s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Wainakarua River Mouth at 4PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s
Afternoon (12 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s
Evening (12 Jul)	1ft (0.3m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 14°C on Tue afternoon, min 4°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Sun 12					Monday 13								Tuesday 14								Wed 15
	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	SSE 14	SSE 13	NE 5	SSE 13	S 13	ENE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ESE 9	NE 6	ENE 6	S 16	SSE 16	SSE 19	SSE 19
Wave Graph
kJ	45	44	42	42	36	35	34	57	30	40	112	53	40	73	76	76	38	8	52	43	47	91	119	70
Wind (km/h)	NW	N	NNE	N	NNW	N	NNW	N	N	NNE	NNE	WNW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	NNW	N	N	W	SSW	N	NW	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			1:03PM1.90m				1:25AM1.79m				1:59PM1.99m				2:19AM1.86m				2:53PM2.04m					3:13AM1.90m
Low Tide	6:37AM0.13m				7:16PM0.18m				7:34AM0.05m				8:13PM0.12m				8:31AM-0.02m					9:09PM0.08m


	8:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:11
	—	—	5:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:13	—	—	—	—	5:14
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	4	7	8	6	5	4	4	5	5	8	10	9	8	8	9	8	8	11	14	11	10	9	9	8
Feels °C	0	3	4	2	1	-1	-1	0	-1	3	7	6	4	4	5	4	3	6	10	9	7	6	6	5
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	NE 4	ENE 5	ESE 9	ESE 9	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ESE 9	ESE 9	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7
kJ	44	43	42	42	27	26	9	18	28	16	56	53	40	73	76	76	38	8	8	43	35	34	36	26
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	ESE 9	SSE 13	S 9	S 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 8	ESE 8	S 18	S 17	S 16	S 16	SSE 16	SSE 19	SSE 19
kJ	45	44	28	27	26	26	26	57	14	6	16	16	15	7	7	3	7	6	23	21	47	91	119	70
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 13	SSE 13	ESE 9	S 13	S 13	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 13	S 20	S 18	S 18	S 13	NE 10	S 21	S 21	SE 11	ESE 14	S 15
kJ	42	42	41	40	36	35	34	26	30	13	12	12	3	3	8	6	6	3	4	9	36	5	18	40
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	NE 3	NE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	ENE 6	NE 6	—	—	WNW 2	NNW 2	NNW 2	NNW 2	NE 7	NE 6	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	2	5	5	25	52	30	40	112	—	—	1	1	1	1	54	52	—	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	9	11	9	0	0	0	9	85	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	52	11	52	0	0	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	6
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	8	9	8	6	9	9	5	6

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