Kakanui River Mouth Surf Break

Lat Long: 45.19° S 170.90° E

Kakanui River Mouth 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Kakanui River Mouth sea temperature is
10.6°C
1.6° 

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 (01 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 14s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 14s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Kakanui River Mouth at 6AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (01 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (01 Oct)2ft (0.6m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri morning, min 7°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
2
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSE
11
1
SSE
13
0.9
SSE
10
0.7
SSE
10
0.5
S
14
0.5
S
14
0.5
S
14
0.6
SSE
14
0.4
SSE
15
0.4
SSE
15
0.4
SSE
14
0.4
SSE
14
0.3
S
14
0.3
S
15
0.7
S
15
0.4
SSE
14
0.4
SSE
14
0.4
SSE
13
1.6
S
6
1.8
S
15
1
S
15
1.7
S
14
1.7
S
14
2
S
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
198
367
137
98
94
98
103
165
77
76
64
62
37
38
209
70
65
58
0
1428
447
1196
1142
1355
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
W
5
S
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
W
20
WNW
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
25
S
20
SSE
5
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
7:08AM1.76m
7:34PM1.63m
8:10AM1.74m
8:37PM1.60m
9:17AM1.73m
9:46PM1.60m
Low Tide
00:57AM0.24m
1:36PM0.29m
1:58AM0.27m
2:40PM0.32m
3:02AM0.27m
3:45PM0.32m
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cloud
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cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
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cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
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Temp °C
11
13
12
12
15
16
15
15
14
13
12
14
19
14
10
9
9
8
7
10
12
11
9
8
Feels °C
8
10
9
9
13
13
12
12
11
9
9
10
14
9
5
3
2
1
0
3
5
5
4
6
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