Kakanui River Mouth Surf Break

Lat Long: 45.19° S 170.90° E

Kakanui River Mouth 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 05 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Kakanui River Mouth sea temperature is
11.2°C
2.2° 

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


How big are the waves at Kakanui River Mouth today (05 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Kakanui River Mouth at 11PM is: 0.3m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Oct)--
Afternoon (05 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (05 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Wed night. Very mild (max 17°C on Tue afternoon, min 6°C on Thu morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Mon
5
Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SSE
9
0.6
SSE
9
0.5
SSE
9
0.3
SSE
17
0.3
SSE
17
0.3
SSE
16
0.3
SSE
16
0.3
SSE
16
0.3
SSE
16
0.3
SSE
16
0.3
SSE
17
0.4
SSE
17
0.4
SSE
17
0.4
SSE
16
0.4
SSE
16
0.3
SSE
16
0.3
SSE
16
0.6
ENE
9
0.5
S
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
73
54
45
59
59
53
51
50
50
51
58
101
96
86
84
48
48
58
124
Wind (km/h)
25
NE
20
NE
15
N
15
N
10
N
5
NW
5
W
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
N
10
NNW
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
ENE
10
SSE
10
SSE
35
S
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
off
glassy
on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
11:57PM1.68m
12:30PM1.82m
00:53AM1.74m
1:23PM1.85m
Low Tide
5:46PM0.24m
6:06AM0.16m
6:41PM0.19m
7:01AM0.11m
7:32PM0.14m
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
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7:00
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6:58
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7:47
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7:49
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7:50
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Temp °C
12
10
9
10
10
9
12
15
17
14
12
12
11
11
12
14
15
13
8
Feels °C
7
6
6
7
8
6
10
12
14
11
9
10
8
8
10
11
12
10
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