Kakanui River Mouth 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 45.19° S 170.90° E

Issued: 12 pm 24 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Kakanui River Mouth sea temperature is

13.0°C

Kakanui 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 Kakanui River Mouth today (24 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (24 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 14s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 14s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Kakanui River Mouth at 8PM is: 0.3m 14s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (24 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s
Afternoon (24 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	14s
Evening (24 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 23°C on Mon morning, min 9°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, fresh winds from the NNW by Mon afternoon).
	Sat 24					Sunday 25								Monday 26
	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	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 9	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	S 15	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 16	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 13	SSE 13	NNE 5	ENE 6	NNE 5	NNE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	45	41	38	40	68	118	134	134	129	126	80	74	73	71	66	59	57	41	29	57	108
Wind (km/h)	S	ENE	WNW	SSW	NNW	NW	W	WNW	NNW	ENE	NE	N	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	N	NNW	NNW	N	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	cross-on	glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off
High Tide			2:22PM1.70m				2:42AM1.73m				3:04PM1.75m				3:26AM1.81m				3:48PM1.77m
Low Tide	8:05AM0.22m				8:28PM0.21m				8:50AM0.18m				9:11PM0.16m				9:38AM0.15m				9:57PM0.14m


	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	6:26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:24	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	8:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:15	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	20	21	19	16	15	14	13	16	19	20	19	16	16	16	14	19	23	22	19	17
Feels °C	16	19	19	18	14	12	11	10	14	17	17	18	14	13	11	10	14	17	16	14	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 14	S 15	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 16	SSE 16	NE 4	NE 5	ENE 5	SSE 14	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	ENE 6	S 13	S 10
kJ	45	41	26	26	68	118	134	134	129	126	80	9	10	9	66	59	57	33	27	30	8
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 14	S 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 6	S 6	SSW 6	S 6	S 8	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	NE 5	SE 14	E 12	E 12	S 13	SE 12	S 14
kJ	35	35	38	40	16	17	7	7	3	2	6	74	73	71	6	8	3	3	29	6	4
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	NE 4	NE 4	ENE 10	ENE 8	ENE 9	E 9	NE 9	E 13	S 8	S 8	S 8	E 12	E 12	E 13	E 8	SE 12	S 18	SE 12
kJ	5	2	2	1	1	9	7	8	2	3	4	6	5	5	3	3	4	1	6	6	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	NE 4	—	—	—	—	—	NE 6	NNE 2	NE 3	NE 4	—	WNW 3	—	NNE 4	NNE 5	NNE 5	N 4	NNE 5	NNE 6
kJ	—	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	3	27	—	3	—	13	40	41	36	57	108
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Rating (10 max)	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	78	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	78	25	0	0	0	86	86	83	96	168	96	0
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1		1	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	3	1	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	6	5	5	5

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