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Kakanui River Mouth ratings
Quality on a good day: 3.0
Consistency of surf: 5.0
Difficulty level: 3.0
Crowds: 4.0

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Kakanui River Mouth Surf Forecast / New Zealand

6 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 23 pm Monday 04 Jun 2012

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

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Energy
Swell Map See all maps
Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 0.9
SSW
1.0
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.0
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
S
1.8
SW
1.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
3.5
SW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
3.5
SW
2.0
SSW
Period (s) (?) 13 15 14 15 18 18 12 6 14 14 6 8 14 11 14 15 14 14
Surfscale
Wave
Graph

(?)
Max-energy 269 468 651 1133 630 713 314 255 1127 218 317 842 4117 550 975 1216 4804 1591
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW 20
NW 10
SW 30
SW 15
SW 10
NE 15
NW 30
WSW 15
W 25
NNW 40
WSW 35
WSW 20
NW 20
WNW 10
WNW 15
W 15
W 5
NW
Wind State (?) cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
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off off cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
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cross-
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off cross-
off
off off cross-
off
Key to wind character - offshore winds at Kakanui River Mouth blow from the W
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:46AM
2.23

3:14PM
2.33

3:41AM
2.22
4:10PM
2.31

4:36AM
2.20
5:05PM
2.27

5:31AM
2.17
6:00PM
2.22

6:28AM
2.14

6:55PM
2.17
7:26AM
2.10

Low Tide
/ height (m)

9:19AM
0.31

9:53PM
0.33
10:16AM
0.30

10:48PM
0.36
11:11AM
0.31

11:42PM
0.40

12:07PM
0.35
12:37AM
0.45

1:00PM
0.41
1:31AM
0.50

1:52PM
0.48
 

Note: the tide data above is for Oamaru, New Zealand which is 10 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Kakanui River Mouth. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph.

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Today's Kakanui River Mouth sea temperature is 11.3 °C (Statistics for 04 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 9.7 max: 11.2 min: 8.1 °C)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 12°C on Tue afternoon, min 3°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Tue night, light winds from the SW by Wed morning). Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Some drizzle, heaviest during Thu night. Cool air temperatures (max 12°C on Sat afternoon, min 5°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WSW on Fri morning, calm by Sun afternoon).
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  part cloud part cloud light rain light rain part cloud clear clear clear clear rain showers clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear
Summary some clouds some clouds light rain light rain some clouds clear clear clear clear rain shwrs clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear
Rain (mm) - - 2 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - -
High °C 10 11 12 4 5 5 4 7 7 8 8 8 7 10 12 9 10 11
Low °C 9 9 8 4 4 5 3 4 6 6 6 7 5 6 10 8 8 11
Chill °C (?) 9 9 11 -2 4 3 1 3 4 4 3 4 4 8 11 7 8 11
Sunrise - 8:07 - - 8:07 - - 8:08 - - 8:10 - - 8:10 - - 8:11 -
Sunset - - 17:00 - - 17:00 - - 17:00 - - 17:00 - - 17:00 - - 17:00
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