Kakanui River Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 05 Dec 2025 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
14.6° C
(Which is 3.2°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 4AM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 2s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am December 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (05 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (05 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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

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Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.9
SSE
0.7
ESE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.8
NE
1.1
NE
0.7
NE
0.8
NE
1.1
NE
0.3
SSE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)999999999991313131313135555586
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1331331301061061069213096126758485121166865531652831601360
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
15
NW
30
NW
25
W
20
SSE
10
ESE
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
WSW
10
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
30
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
N
20
N
20
NNE
30
NNW
25
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:40AM
2.02
4:02PM
1.88
4:35AM
2.05
4:57PM
1.88
5:31AM
2.04
5:53PM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:18PM
0.01
9:56AM
0.08
10:14PM
-0.01
10:54AM
0.08
11:12PM
-0.01
11:53AM
0.10
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Sunrise---5:43-------5:43-------5:43----
Sunset-------9:08-------9:09-------9:12
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131212122025251914121111141514141213151622232523
Feels °C (?)11999171920161310910121199911131419191918
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