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Kakanui River Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 06 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
14.8° C
 (Which is 1.3°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 5PM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 06). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (06 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Evening (06 Feb)2ft (0.6m)7s

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

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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.8
ENE
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)67777131313131313513131111116666677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)414547353430303030302930313225242248433428302435
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
20
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NW
10
WNW
30
S
25
SW
20
SSW
10
S
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossonononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crossoncross-
on		oncross-
on		crossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:15AM
1.73
7:38PM
1.65
8:04AM
1.63
8:31PM
1.57
8:57AM
1.53
9:29PM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:34PM
0.25
1:56AM
0.29
2:24PM
0.33
2:49AM
0.39
3:15PM
0.41
3:44AM
0.47
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise-------6:39-------6:41-------6:41
Sunset---9:00-------9:00-------8:58----
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--1211---------1--------
Temp. °C131212121212121214191917161613111214121212121212
Feels °C (?)1191010101010101115161615148571110109101011
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