Wainakarua River Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 21 Mar 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
14.9° C
(Which is 2.3°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 11AM is: 1.0m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Afternoon (21 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (21 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
1
E
1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
Period(s) (?)121212111111111010101010101010101010999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23227927425628923523121816716216216416115812512212594926966494949
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
10
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
0
SW
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
NE
10
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
20
NE
20
ENE
15
NE
10
N
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:24AM
1.81
5:48PM
1.84
6:13AM
1.77
6:40PM
1.82
7:06AM
1.71
7:39PM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:39AM
0.14
12:08AM
0.14
12:31PM
0.16
1:06AM
0.20
1:28PM
0.20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise--7:37-------7:39-------7:41-----
Sunset-----7:47-------7:45-------7:44--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C111113161514121213131616151412121211131617151414
Feels °C (?)991114131210111211161313121211109111314131314
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