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Wainakarua River Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 08 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
16.1° C
 (Which is 3.2°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 7AM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (08 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)4s
Evening (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)14s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.7
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
Period(s) (?)99888841414141313131217666151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)161514131322131637333115131222816631181817161616
Wind
(km/h)
0
N
0
NNW
5
S
0
NW
10
NE
20
ENE
25
NE
15
NE
5
N
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
SSW
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
ESE
10
E
15
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
5
N
5
W
25
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
on		crossononcross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscrossglasscross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:20PM
1.74
7:51AM
1.79
8:15PM
1.66
8:45AM
1.69
9:13PM
1.59
9:41AM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:39AM
0.13
2:13PM
0.22
2:33AM
0.23
3:05PM
0.28
3:27AM
0.32
3:58PM
0.34
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise---5:58-------5:58-------6:01----
Sunset-------9:25-------9:25-------9:24
rain showers
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1------------1----2--1--
Temp. °C161615151718181817191916181816151414131417192523
Feels °C (?)171715161615151617171814161513131111101216192121
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