Kakanui River Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 05 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
15.3° C
(Which is 3.3°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 8PM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (05 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (05 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.8
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
0.9
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.5
E
1.6
ENE
1.9
ENE
2.1
ENE
2
E
2.5
ENE
1.9
E
2
E
Period(s) (?)1314141414131096666666667788999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)871531501009492353043778052627291122176247375481548980575695
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NE
5
N
5
N
10
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
15
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
35
NE
30
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:33PM
1.64
5:53AM
1.53
6:21PM
1.58
6:43AM
1.47
7:13PM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:21AM
0.35
11:52PM
0.41
12:08PM
0.42
12:43AM
0.48
1:00PM
0.48
1:38AM
0.53
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise6:58-------6:58-------7:00-------
Sunset---6:19-------6:16-------6:15----
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cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101011111111111111121313121313131415141414141313
Feels °C (?)667878891011111010121111111110810131211
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