Wainakarua River Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
14.3° C
(Which is 2.8°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: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 16). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (16 Apr)5ft (1.5m)13s
Evening (16 Apr)7ft (2.1m)8s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
1
0
0
0
2
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSE
1.7
SSW
1.2
S
0.8
SSE
1.5
SSW
1.4
S
2.1
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
1.2
NE
0.4
SE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)9109111398899999951367778988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1895742511357033185976512021691371119070794260685448621116732
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
10
W
25
W
35
WSW
40
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
10
W
10
NW
10
NW
15
N
20
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
10
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NE
10
ENE
5
E
10
SW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise--7:11-------7:13-------7:15-----
Sunset----5:59-------5:57-------5:55---
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C101011131412119991014161514131312131616141413
Feels °C (?)66445455655811111211119101313121210
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