Wainakarua River Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 21 Feb 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
15.5° C
(Which is 1.9°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: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)6ft (1.9m)8s
Afternoon (21 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)5s
Evening (21 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)6s

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)
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.7
S
1.3
NE
1.7
NE
0.3
E
1
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.8
S
1.4
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.8
SSW
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
S
1.1
NE
1.3
NE
1.2
NE
0.3
SE
Period(s) (?)8888569669714131368666645511
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)37345872576817616753324272296737341843956651313039898019
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
5
WNW
5
NNW
15
NE
35
NE
35
NE
10
NNW
20
WSW
10
W
15
W
25
W
40
SW
35
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
5
WSW
10
NNW
10
NNW
20
NNE
30
NE
35
NE
30
NNE
20
N
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:35AM
1.73
6:57PM
1.71
7:24AM
1.68
7:52PM
1.69
8:19AM
1.63
8:53PM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:55PM
0.23
1:21AM
0.23
1:48PM
0.26
2:19AM
0.28
2:45PM
0.29
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise--7:00-------7:01-------7:03-----
Sunset-----8:38-------8:37-------8:35--
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101012151616151412121418191713111110131718171719
Feels °C (?)671011910141098891011999891212121416
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