Kakanui River Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 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
13.7° C
(Which is 2.3°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 11AM is: 1.6m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)5ft (1.6m)6s
Afternoon (20 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Evening (20 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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


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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
2
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ENE
1.3
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SE
1.5
SE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
0.9
SSE
1
SSE
1.3
S
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.4
S
1.1
ESE
1.4
S
1
ESE
1.5
SSE
1
E
1.5
S
Period(s) (?)105666667899999999898107107
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10692190203170181160200297213213213140166258270218266216252205196196246
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
30
SSE
25
S
30
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:55AM
1.80
5:28PM
1.92
5:53AM
1.76
6:28PM
1.88
6:55AM
1.71
7:33PM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:13AM
0.10
11:53PM
0.17
12:14PM
0.13
12:56AM
0.22
1:17PM
0.17
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise--7:16-------7:18-------7:18-----
Sunset----5:52-------5:51-------5:49---
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-1---11--1------1-------
Temp. °C101099988877789988777811101010
Feels °C (?)543233333444453322225456
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