Kakanui River Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 18 Apr 2026 NZST
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Kakanui River Mouth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Kakanui River Mouth sea temperature is
14.0° C
(Which is 2.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Kakanui River Mouth today?

The current surf forecast for Kakanui River Mouth at 8AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.4
SSE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.2
S
1
S
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.8
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.4
SE
2.4
SE
2.3
SE
2.4
SE
Period(s) (?)6696777771645555667888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3335293656574626182036616964102119126306560735792765659773
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NNW
5
W
5
E
10
ENE
5
SW
25
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
15
SSW
20
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassoncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:13AM
1.84
3:38PM
1.92
4:02AM
1.83
4:31PM
1.94
4:55AM
1.80
5:28PM
1.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:24AM
0.08
9:56PM
0.09
10:16AM
0.08
10:53PM
0.13
11:13AM
0.10
11:53PM
0.17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise--7:13-------7:15-------7:16-----
Sunset----5:55-------5:53-------5:52---
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------473-143111111
Temp. °C121213151615111110101110101010101010999989
Feels °C (?)9911131313687665555653222323
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