Kakanui River Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 22 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
15.5° C
(Which is 1.9°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 3PM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (22 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (22 Feb)5ft (1.5m)6s

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

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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
S
1.1
SSW
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.5
S
1.8
S
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
1
NE
1.2
NE
1
NE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.8
S
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)7911106877764556611126111110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)152014763561844181027747333566504030184743575550494848
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
SW
30
S
20
S
5
W
10
NNW
15
N
15
NNE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
15
N
15
W
35
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
20
SE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglasscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:24AM
1.68
7:52PM
1.69
8:19AM
1.63
8:53PM
1.67
9:23AM
1.59
10:02PM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:48PM
0.26
2:19AM
0.28
2:45PM
0.29
3:22AM
0.33
3:47PM
0.30
4:27AM
0.35
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise--------7:03-------7:03-------
Sunset---8:37-------8:35-------8:32----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161920171312111113171816172015131416141312111010
Feels °C (?)9101111910989121211151677101211109876
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