Wainakarua River Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 09 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
14.8° C
(Which is 3.0°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 9AM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)5ft (1.5m)10s
Afternoon (09 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (09 Apr)4ft (1.2m)10s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.9
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.6
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.2
ENE
Period(s) (?)10101010101010109999999996678888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5925244523943273202682162101731701361081068160585885117246333564650
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
10
W
5
SSW
10
ENE
0
SSW
5
N
0
NE
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
SSE
5
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
20
N
20
N
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:36AM
1.38
9:09PM
1.48
9:34AM
1.38
10:05PM
1.49
10:27AM
1.40
10:54PM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:33AM
0.55
2:47PM
0.53
3:26AM
0.55
3:39PM
0.51
4:15AM
0.51
4:27PM
0.46
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise--7:03-------7:03-------7:05-----
Sunset-----6:12-------6:09-------6:07--
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161516181916141313121212131211101010121516141414
Feels °C (?)1313151618151411121111887766681012111111
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