Kakanui River Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 31 Mar 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
15.7° 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 1PM is: 2.0m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)8ft (2.5m)14s
Afternoon (31 Mar)6ft (1.8m)13s
Evening (31 Mar)5ft (1.6m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
!
2
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
2
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
S
3
S
2.4
S
2
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)1314141413139911111010141313131212121215151413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15433060221714541016919308271353302296207580475461440339322311256387807742553
Wind
(km/h)
40
SW
35
SSW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
15
SSW
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
W
5
NW
10
NE
20
ENE
15
NNE
5
N
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NW
10
NE
10
ENE
5
S
5
NW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
oncrossglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:40AM
1.84
2:59PM
1.79
3:23AM
1.82
3:42PM
1.79
4:04AM
1.79
4:24PM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:48AM
0.16
9:07PM
0.12
9:31AM
0.16
9:51PM
0.15
10:13AM
0.18
10:34PM
0.19
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
Sunrise--7:50-------7:52-------7:54-----
Sunset-----7:29-------7:27-------7:24--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1299121413109981014161313151515172021161617
Feels °C (?)3014787775710121011131213151718151516
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