Wainakarua River Mouth Surf Forecast

/ Otago (35 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (45.27° S 170.86° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Wainakarua River Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 08 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 12.9° C
(Which is 2.5°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 12AM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Nov)	-	-
Afternoon (09 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	14s
Evening (09 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	14s

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

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	Saturday 08			Sunday 09								Monday 10								Tuesday 11
	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSE	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	ENE	E	S	SSW	S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	6
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	64	98	405	101	97	62	61	61	60	90	89	56	55	52	49	41	53	75	84	36	19	132	163	38
Wind (km/h)	W	WSW	S	SE	ENE	NNE	NNE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NW	NNW	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						6:44AM 1.96					7:10PM 1.77				7:47AM 1.90				8:14PM 1.72				8:52AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)				12:28AM 0.06					1:11PM 0.16				1:31AM 0.11				2:14PM 0.20				2:35AM 0.15

	Saturday 08			Sunday 09								Monday 10								Tuesday 11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	19	9	9	9	9	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	13	15	18	17	15	13	12	12	11	12	11
Feels °C (?)	18	18	5	7	7	6	8	8	9	8	8	10	9	10	12	15	16	15	11	8	8	7	9	8

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