Kakanui River Mouth 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 45.19° S 170.90° E

Issued: 6 am 25 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Kakanui River Mouth sea temperature is

12.8°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 (25 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 16s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 16s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 15s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Kakanui River Mouth at 11AM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (25 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	16s
Afternoon (25 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	16s
Evening (25 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	15s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 22°C on Mon morning, min 8°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the N on Mon morning, calm by Tue night).
	Sunday 25							Monday 26								Tuesday 27
	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	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 16	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 13	SSE 13	NNE 4	S 13	NNE 4	S 13	ENE 7	ENE 8	ENE 7	SSW 8	SSW 8	S 8	S 7	SSE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	132	134	129	126	80	74	72	70	66	60	57	41	30	42	14	99	88	37	465	380	100	66	48
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WNW	NNW	NE	NNE	N	W	NNW	NW	NNW	NNW	N	NNW	N	WSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SE	ESE	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	on
High Tide	2:42AM1.73m				3:04PM1.75m				3:26AM1.81m				3:48PM1.77m					4:13AM1.87m				4:36PM1.78m
Low Tide			8:50AM0.18m				9:11PM0.16m				9:38AM0.15m				9:57PM0.14m					10:29AM0.15m


	6:26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:24	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	8:14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:16	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	13	17	20	20	18	17	16	15	15	19	22	21	19	17	12	10	9	11	13	10	9	9
Feels °C	11	10	15	18	18	16	14	12	10	10	15	15	15	14	14	6	2	2	5	9	5	6	7
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 16	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 13	SSE 13	S 13	NE 6	S 13	S 10	ENE 7	ENE 8	ENE 7	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 7	SSE 7
kJ	132	134	129	126	80	74	72	70	66	60	57	29	33	14	8	99	88	37	194	192	100	66	48
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 6	SSW 6	S 6	S 6	S 8	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	SE 14	E 12	SE 12	S 13	SE 12	S 13	SE 12	SE 12	SE 11	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 10	ENE 10
kJ	4	8	3	2	6	4	5	5	3	8	3	6	30	6	14	5	5	5	15	17	6	20	10
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 9	NE 6	E 9	E 13	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	E 12	E 14	E 9	SE 12	S 17	SE 12	SE 12	—	SE 11	—	SE 11	ENE 11	NNE 3	—
kJ	7	8	1	2	4	6	5	5	4	3	4	2	6	6	6	5	—	5	—	5	11	1	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	NE 6	NE 3	NE 4	—	NNE 4	N 2	NNE 3	NNE 5	NNE 4	N 4	NNE 4	NE 6	S 3	SSW 5	SSW 5	SSW 8	SSW 8	NE 2	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	1	3	5	—	16	1	8	33	41	36	42	151	6	97	106	465	380	1	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	2	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	78	25	10	0	1	86	86	85	269	168	86	20	63	63	63	87	0	237	70	10
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Rating (10 max)	3	4	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	1	1			1	2	1	1	3		3		2	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	4	3	2	2	3	2	3	4	3	2	3	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5

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