Kakanui River Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 29 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
15.5° 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 6PM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (29 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (29 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
1
1
2
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
4
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ESE
0.9
E
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.6
S
1.1
S
0.7
S
0.9
ESE
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.8
ESE
1.2
S
2.3
S
2.5
S
2.2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
SSE
2.5
SSW
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)8812121212171616121616111214141414131313101111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)731132061611611612056462642201861811614071905284618341313115510422377385353302
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
5
WNW
10
W
15
S
20
S
15
SSW
0
ESE
25
N
15
NNE
10
S
30
SW
40
SSW
40
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcrosscrosscross-
off
glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:26PM
1.74
1:54AM
1.84
2:15PM
1.77
2:40AM
1.84
2:59PM
1.79
3:23AM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:14AM
0.21
7:33PM
0.14
8:03AM
0.18
8:21PM
0.12
8:48AM
0.16
9:07PM
0.12
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise--------7:50-------7:50-------
Sunset---7:32-------7:30-------7:29----
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C141517181818151313131415131288912131210988
Feels °C (?)11121517181613101012913115-1-114666545
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