Kakanui River Mouth 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 45.19° S 170.90° E

Issued: 11 pm 11 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Kakanui River Mouth sea temperature is

10.3° C

Kakanui River Mouth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Kakanui River Mouth today (12 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 14s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Kakanui River Mouth at 4AM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm July 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s
Afternoon (12 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s
Evening (12 Jul)	1ft (0.3m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 13°C on Tue afternoon, min 4°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light.
		Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tuesday 14
	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 16	S 16	SSE 15	SSE 15	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	SSE 14	SSE 13	S 13	SSE 13	S 13	ENE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 5	NE 5
Wave Graph
kJ	242	124	75	72	45	44	42	42	36	35	89	57	30	39	119	66	55	74	130	107	57	53	50	67
Wind (km/h)	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	N	NNE	N	NNW	N	NNW	N	N	N	N	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	N	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off
High Tide			00:28AM1.71m				1:03PM1.90m				1:25AM1.79m				1:59PM1.99m				2:19AM1.86m				2:53PM2.04m
Low Tide	6:18PM0.24m				6:37AM0.13m				7:16PM0.18m				7:34AM0.05m				8:13PM0.12m				8:31AM-0.02m


	—	—	—	8:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:11	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:13	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	6	6	5	5	4	7	8	6	5	4	4	4	5	8	10	9	8	8	7	7	8	11	13	11
Feels °C	3	3	2	1	0	3	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	7	5	4	4	3	3	3	6	10	8
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 16	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	S 13	ENE 5	ESE 9	ESE 9	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 7	ENE 7	S 17	S 16
kJ	242	65	64	63	44	43	42	42	27	26	89	18	27	16	64	66	55	74	130	107	57	53	23	21
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	S 16	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	ENE 5	SSE 13	S 9	S 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	S 13	S 18	S 18	S 18	ESE 9	S 21
kJ	87	124	47	46	45	44	28	27	27	26	8	57	14	6	16	16	8	7	3	6	6	6	8	9
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 16	S 10	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 13	ESE 9	ESE 9	S 13	S 13	S 9	S 12	S 12	S 13	S 20	S 13	SE 8	E 9	S 23	E 10
kJ	81	29	75	72	42	42	41	40	36	35	26	26	30	13	6	12	3	3	8	3	3	2	11	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NE 3	NE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	—	NNW 2	—	—	NNW 2	NNW 3	NE 5	NE 5
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	5	5	26	45	30	39	119	151	—	1	—	—	1	2	50	67
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	0	1	21	1	0	0	0	1	85	83	1	0	0	0	0	0	62	21	1	0
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Rating (10 max)	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	9	9	9	6	7

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