Kakanui River Mouth Surf Break

Lat Long: 45.19° S 170.90° E

Kakanui River Mouth 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 28 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Kakanui River Mouth sea temperature is
13.9°C
4.1° 

Kakanui River Mouth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Kakanui River Mouth today (28 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 14s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 15s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Kakanui River Mouth at 9PM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Oct)--
Afternoon (28 Oct)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (28 Oct)2ft (0.6m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 17°C on Wed afternoon, min 6°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Wed night, near gales from the SW by Fri afternoon).

Wed
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
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
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
4
3
3
3
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
S
14
0.5
S
14
0.6
S
15
0.6
S
14
1
S
14
0.6
S
14
0.7
S
14
0.8
S
14
0.8
S
14
0.8
S
14
1.2
S
14
1.2
S
14
1.1
S
15
1.2
S
16
1.2
S
16
1
S
15
2.2
S
6
2.4
S
9
2.1
S
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
100
106
155
153
394
144
189
253
257
253
557
569
517
697
706
459
377
958
1227
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
WNW
20
SSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
25
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
20
SW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
15
WSW
35
WSW
50
SW
40
SW
35
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:58AM1.90m
6:21PM1.74m
6:56AM1.87m
7:21PM1.70m
Low Tide
11:42PM0.14m
12:22PM0.20m
00:41AM0.15m
1:24PM0.23m
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
—
—
—
—
6:20
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:18
—
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
8:17
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
8:20
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
8:21
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
2
1
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
Temp °C
17
15
12
10
7
7
10
13
12
10
8
8
7
6
10
11
10
8
6
Feels °C
13
12
8
7
2
4
7
5
4
3
2
4
3
2
5
3
-2
-2
-2
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Kakanui River Mouth surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest