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Kakanui River Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 11 Jan 2026 NZDT
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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
17.1° C
 (Which is 4.2°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 5PM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 11). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Afternoon (11 Jan)2ft (0.6m)7s
Evening (11 Jan)4ft (1.2m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
S
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
S
1.2
SSW
0.5
S
1.5
S
0.1
E
1.3
SSW
1.2
S
1.3
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)13871315146156913121111101010101099999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14763350644103176412723060859344435326921817914511510076757575
Wind
(km/h)
35
NW
45
WNW
30
W
20
WSW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
15
SSE
20
E
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
5
NW
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
0
W
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		onononglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:38AM
1.53
11:12PM
1.51
11:35AM
1.49
12:08AM
1.52
12:28PM
1.48
12:59AM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:49PM
0.39
5:15AM
0.45
5:40PM
0.42
6:08AM
0.48
6:28PM
0.44
6:58AM
0.49
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise-------6:03-------6:03-------6:05
Sunset---9:23-------9:23-------9:22----
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232322191412111115171814121211111416151515151515
Feels °C (?)171415157444711141089891213121315151414
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