Wainakarua River Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 27 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
15.8° C
(Which is 3.5°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 1PM is: 3.5m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 2.5m 11s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)8ft (2.5m)10s
Afternoon (27 Mar)11ft (3.5m)11s
Evening (27 Mar)10ft (3.0m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Mon
30
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
4
4
4
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
ENE
2.5
E
4
ENE
3.5
ENE
3
E
3
E
3
E
2.5
E
2.4
E
2.2
E
2
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.5
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
0.8
ENE
0.8
ESE
0.9
E
1
E
1.1
E
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
Period(s) (?)91011111112121111111110101099989812121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)167014493263286418362260226016361369113090066155741529323410884127133353161203161
Wind
(km/h)
40
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNW
5
SW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
5
E
5
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:32AM
1.64
12:08AM
1.78
12:33PM
1.69
1:04AM
1.82
1:26PM
1.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:21AM
0.29
5:42PM
0.21
6:20AM
0.25
6:40PM
0.17
7:14AM
0.21
7:33PM
0.14
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Mon
30
Sunrise--7:46-------7:47-------7:48-----
Sunset-----7:37-------7:35-------7:32--
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
21-1-------------1------
Temp. °C151515151616161716161616141313131314141517161617
Feels °C (?)91011121314151716161615131212111112121215141617
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