Kakanui River Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 19 Jul 2025 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
9.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Kakanui River Mouth today?

The current surf forecast for Kakanui River Mouth at 4PM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 19). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jul)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (19 Jul)4ft (1.2m)11s
Evening (19 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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

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Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)111111101010111111111111111010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)413385375289306307377381386331313311260229188184217220225222187192198187
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NE
5
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
WNW
15
SSW
10
WSW
5
S
5
S
5
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:52AM
1.67
10:21PM
1.64
10:58AM
1.73
11:24PM
1.67
12:00PM
1.80
12:24AM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:11PM
0.28
4:36AM
0.23
5:12PM
0.27
5:35AM
0.19
6:12PM
0.25
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Sunrise8:07-------8:06-------8:04-------
Sunset--5:17-------5:17-------5:19-----
cloudclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearcloudcloudcloudpart cloudcloudclearclearclearclear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C81011988777101198777791098777
Feels °C (?)567755434786533425775444
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Otago

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-off wind 28 km from Kakanui River Mouth has become light (light winds from the S at Oamaru Aero Automatic Weather Station). Waves should be turning clean at Kakanui River Mouth. 1.2m 10s swell from the ESE with a 0.6m 4s local chop from the SSW and a 0.4m 17s long period groundswell from the SSE as well as a 0.4m 16s long period groundswell from the S. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.

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28 km away, 2 h 25 min ago

9 km/h
S
11.5
9.7
Air / Water (°C)
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