Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Kakanui River Mouth today (06 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 11s period with SE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 10s period with SE swell.
The current surf forecast for Kakanui River Mouth at 10PM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (06 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (06 Aug) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 11s |
| Evening (06 Aug) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Kakanui River Mouth. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Mild temperatures (max 8°C on Sat morning, min 2°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 6 | Friday 7 | Saturday 8 | |||||||||||||||||
3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SSE 14 | SE 10 | SE 12 | SE 13 | SE 13 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 273 | 254 | 217 | 239 | 137 | 216 | 166 | 132 | 133 | 143 | 109 | 109 | 107 | 103 | 100 | 73 | 71 | 71 | 73 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | off | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 9:07PM1.54m | 9:44AM1.63m | 10:12PM1.57m | 10:51AM1.71m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:05PM0.38m | 3:30AM0.34m | 4:07PM0.36m | 4:29AM0.29m | 5:08PM0.32m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:45 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 5:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:38 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Temp °C | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
Feels °C | 1 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -3 | -3 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 12 | SE 13 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 |
| kJ | 273 | 254 | 217 | 184 | 134 | 216 | 166 | 117 | 133 | 143 | 109 | 109 | 107 | 103 | 100 | 73 | 71 | 71 | 73 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 9 | S 9 | SSE 16 | SSE 14 | SSE 13 | SSE 12 | SSE 12 | SE 13 | SE 13 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SSE 16 | S 15 |
| kJ | 81 | 41 | 201 | 239 | 137 | 121 | 150 | 132 | 104 | 75 | 53 | 35 | 33 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 18 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 18 | SE 14 | S 9 | SE 13 | SE 12 | SSE 8 | SE 9 | — | SSE 16 | SSE 15 | NE 4 | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | S 18 | ESE 12 | SE 12 |
| kJ | 32 | 64 | 25 | 44 | 75 | 23 | 3 | — | 24 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 6 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | N 2 | NNE 3 | NNE 3 | NE 3 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | — | — | — | — | — | NE 4 | ENE 4 | E 4 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
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