Wainakarua River Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm 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
14.0° 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 1AM is: 2.2m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (17 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
1.3
S
1.2
S
2.2
SSW
1.1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
1.1
NE
1.4
NNE
0.4
SE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.2
S
0.4
ENE
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)1310889999956137777887771699
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)703320163666202140140113906912742505448407284372121202640
Wind
(km/h)
40
WSW
30
SW
20
WSW
10
W
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
N
25
N
20
NNE
15
N
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNE
15
NE
5
SSE
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SW
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:26AM
1.82
2:49PM
1.87
3:13AM
1.84
3:38PM
1.92
4:02AM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:12PM
0.10
8:35AM
0.10
9:02PM
0.08
9:24AM
0.08
9:56PM
0.09
10:16AM
0.08
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise------7:13-------7:15-------7:16-
Sunset5:59-------5:57-------5:55-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141211999101416151413121112151614131211101213
Feels °C (?)54556558111212119910121313977699
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