Wainakarua River Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 24 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
15.5° C
(Which is 3.1°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 11PM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)--
Afternoon (24 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (24 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
0.5
ENE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
SE
0.4
ESE
0.9
SE
1.1
E
0.9
ESE
1.3
ENE
1.8
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
2.5
E
3.5
ENE
3
E
Period(s) (?)989151414131313121266666789910101011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3234285453496866633957568852102265471691105113771441134728661850
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NE
5
S
15
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
30
NE
40
NE
40
NE
45
NE
35
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:44PM
1.75
9:13AM
1.62
9:54PM
1.74
10:24AM
1.61
11:04PM
1.75
11:32AM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:30PM
0.24
3:13AM
0.30
3:35PM
0.25
4:18AM
0.31
4:40PM
0.24
5:21AM
0.29
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise------7:43-------7:45-------7:46-
Sunset-7:42-------7:39-------7:38------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------1149421---
Temp. °C191715141212131313131313141415151515151515141516
Feels °C (?)17161513101012121213121112121099891011111112
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