Kakanui River Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 01 Apr 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
15.6° C
(Which is 3.4°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 8PM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)4ft (1.2m)10s
Afternoon (01 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Evening (01 Apr)4ft (1.2m)13s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.1
SE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)101014131313121212121515141413131212111111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)296207572555491440400322311330377496785635465364255180166109107784239
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
10
NNE
5
NE
0
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
offcross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:42PM
1.79
4:04AM
1.79
4:24PM
1.77
4:44AM
1.74
5:05PM
1.74
5:25AM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:31AM
0.16
9:51PM
0.15
10:13AM
0.18
10:34PM
0.19
10:54AM
0.22
11:18PM
0.26
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise--------7:54-------7:54-------
Sunset---7:27-------7:24-------7:22----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101415131314151517212119161616161720201918171814
Feels °C (?)7111191012131215191818151515141517181815141510
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