Wainakarua River Mouth 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 45.27° S 170.86° E

Issued: 11 am 11 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Wainakarua River Mouth sea temperature is

10.3° C

Wainakarua River Mouth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Wainakarua River Mouth today (11 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 16s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 16s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 16s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Wainakarua River Mouth at 6PM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	16s
Afternoon (11 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	16s
Evening (11 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	16s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Mild temperatures (max 9°C on Sat afternoon, min 4°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Sat 11					Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tue 14
	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 16	SSE 15	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	SSE 14	SSE 13	ESE 9	SSE 13	NE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 8	ENE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	248	239	239	242	242	124	75	63	45	44	42	42	36	35	26	57	56	40	66	112	52	45	107	140
Wind (km/h)	WNW	W	NW	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	WNW	NW	N	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	N	NNW	NW	WNW	WNW	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			12:04PM1.79m				00:28AM1.71m				1:03PM1.90m				1:25AM1.79m				1:59PM1.99m				2:19AM1.86m
Low Tide					6:18PM0.24m				6:37AM0.13m				7:16PM0.18m				7:34AM0.05m				8:13PM0.12m


	8:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:11
	—	—	5:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:12	—	—	—	—	5:13
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	5	8	9	7	6	6	5	5	4	7	7	6	5	4	4	5	5	9	9	9	8	8	8	8
Feels °C	1	5	7	4	3	2	1	1	0	3	3	2	1	-1	0	1	0	4	5	6	5	4	4	4
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 9	S 16	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ENE 4	ENE 5	ENE 6	ESE 9	ESE 9	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 8	ENE 8
kJ	120	122	92	87	242	65	64	63	44	43	42	42	27	26	8	15	27	16	16	64	52	45	107	140
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 16	E 9	S 16	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	ESE 9	SSE 13	ESE 9	S 9	S 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	S 13	S 18
kJ	248	239	239	242	87	124	45	46	45	44	28	27	26	26	26	57	28	6	6	16	8	8	3	6
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	SSW 16	SSW 16	S 10	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 13	SSE 9	ESE 9	S 9	S 13	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 13	S 20	S 8
kJ	—	—	—	85	81	45	75	42	42	42	41	40	36	35	15	26	14	13	12	12	12	3	8	1
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NNE 2	—	NE 3	NE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	—	—	NW 2	—
kJ	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	2	4	5	21	38	56	40	66	112	—	—	1	—
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	11	9	0	0	0	0	75	75	9	0	0	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	2	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	7	5	5	5	4	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	5

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