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Wainakarua River Mouth Surf Forecast
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Wainakarua River Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 22 Oct 2025 NZDT
How big are the waves at Wainakarua River Mouth today?
The current surf forecast for Wainakarua River Mouth at 6AM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 22). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (22 Oct) | 3ft (0.9m) | 15s |
| Afternoon (22 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 16s |
| Evening (22 Oct) | 3ft (0.9m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at Wainakarua River Mouth. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |  |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 391 | 640 | 428 | 352 | 367 | 454 | 615 | 482 | 367 | 343 | 333 | 101 | 60 | 58 | 89 | 50 | 262 | 771 | 563 | 547 | 521 | 513 | 365 | 347 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | cross- off | on | glass | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 4:15AM 1.70 | 4:32PM 1.63 | 4:54AM 1.68 | 5:12PM 1.59 | 5:36AM 1.65 | 5:55PM 1.54 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 9:59PM 0.28 | 10:23AM 0.31 | 10:38PM 0.31 | 11:06AM 0.36 | 11:20PM 0.36 | 11:51AM 0.41 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 22 | Thursday 23 | Friday 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | 6:31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:28 | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:13 |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 13 |
| Feels °C (?) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 5 | -2 | -2 | -4 | -1 | -1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Otago
Offshore wind reported 24 km from Dunedin - St Clair (moderate winds from the WNW at DunedinAeroAws 24 km from Dunedin - St Clair). 0.5m 11s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.1m 14s groundswell, also from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
19 km away, 1 h 44 min ago
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