Kakanui River Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 19 Feb 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
15.4° C
(Which is 1.7°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 9AM is: 0.7m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Afternoon (19 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (19 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SE
0.7
SE
0.5
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
E
0.9
ESE
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
1.1
S
1.3
SSW
0.8
S
0.7
S
1.3
NE
1.7
ENE
0.4
SE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)7776121211111412121111111111789856106
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7950264356547449972523413773002351941501072239957851702362
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
5
NW
5
W
20
SSE
10
ESE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
5
W
20
SSW
15
SW
30
WSW
40
SW
40
SW
35
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
5
NW
10
NE
15
NE
30
NE
30
NE
10
NW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:10AM
1.79
5:25PM
1.72
5:51AM
1.77
6:09PM
1.72
6:35AM
1.73
6:57PM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:24AM
0.21
11:41PM
0.15
12:08PM
0.21
12:29AM
0.18
12:55PM
0.23
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise-6:56-------6:58--------7:00-----
Sunset-----8:42-------8:39-------8:37--
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----222----------------
Temp. °C151516181716141414131517171412111010121516161513
Feels °C (?)14141515161412121381110754567911910139
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