Wainakarua River Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 06 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
15.0° C
(Which is 1.8°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 5AM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 06). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (06 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (06 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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


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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
1
S
Period(s) (?)11111111101010101010915161615151515161616151615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2892842792272141641611561209085121126124118115116121127127124118177465
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
W
5
W
10
N
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
S
0
E
10
N
10
N
15
NNE
20
NE
15
ENE
5
E
0
E
5
SSW
0
SW
5
WNW
5
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcrosscross-
off
glasscrossglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
ononglassglassglassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:55AM
1.76
6:17PM
1.71
6:39AM
1.66
7:03PM
1.64
7:26AM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:46PM
0.16
12:10PM
0.22
12:33AM
0.25
12:56PM
0.30
1:22AM
0.35
1:44PM
0.38
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise----7:18-------7:20-------7:20---
Sunset-------8:15-------8:14-------8:12
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------19
Temp. °C161717151822242317141414161817161515141517161612
Feels °C (?)14151412161922221515131314151515151514151614137
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