
Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Kakanui River Mouth today (24 Jul):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 15s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 17s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Kakanui River Mouth at 10PM is: 0.4m 17s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 24). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (24 Jul) | - | - |
| Afternoon (24 Jul) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 15s |
| Evening (24 Jul) | 1ft (0.3m) | 17s |
Table - waves today at Kakanui River Mouth. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 10°C on Fri afternoon, min 3°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds. | |||||||||||||||||||
Fri 24 | Saturday 25 | Sunday 26 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map | |||||||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 15 | S 17 | S 17 | SSE 17 | SSW 17 | SSE 16 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | SE 18 | SE 17 | ESE 16 | ESE 16 | SE 15 | SE 15 | SE 15 | SE 14 | SE 14 | SE 14 |
Wave Graph | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | 49 | 52 | 97 | 550 | 91 | 132 | 91 | 135 | 150 | 140 | 173 | 169 | 239 | 223 | 217 | 211 | 206 | 194 | |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-on | glassy | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross-off |
High Tide | 00:00AM1.50m | 12:30PM1.60m | 00:47AM1.53m | 1:13PM1.64m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:42PM0.48m | 5:58AM0.42m | 6:31PM0.47m | 6:44AM0.40m | 7:15PM0.45m | ||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | 8:02 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | — | — | — | |
5:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | |
mm | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 |
Feels °C | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | -2 | -3 | -2 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SE 15 | SE 15 | SE 15 | SE 14 | SE 14 | SE 14 |
18 | 26 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 91 | 89 | 85 | 60 | 45 | 37 | 37 | 29 | 239 | 223 | 217 | 211 | 206 | 194 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 15 | S 17 | S 17 | SSE 17 | SE 13 | ENE 7 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | S 16 | SE 18 | SE 17 | ESE 16 | ESE 16 | SSE 6 | S 6 | ENE 11 | S 13 | S 13 | S 6 |
17 | 49 | 52 | 97 | 25 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 78 | 150 | 140 | 173 | 169 | 25 | 17 | 42 | 170 | 167 | 18 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 3 | ESE 4 | ESE 4 | SE 13 | SE 13 | SE 13 | SE 14 | SSE 16 | S 15 | S 15 | ENE 8 | S 14 | ENE 12 | SSW 14 | ENE 11 | E 11 | E 10 |
16 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 52 | 81 | 70 | 67 | 20 | 37 | 47 | 61 | 40 | 37 | 34 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SE 2 | — | — | SSW 17 | SSW 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | — | — | — | — | — | SW 3 | S 14 | SSW 6 | SSW 9 | — |
— | 1 | — | — | 550 | 80 | 132 | 91 | 135 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 178 | 80 | 129 | — | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 63 | 62 | 62 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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