Kakanui River Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 25 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
15.7° 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 3PM is: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (25 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)5s
Evening (25 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SE
1.1
NE
1.2
NE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.3
S
0.8
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.8
SSE
0.5
E
0.6
SSE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)1055667614145555858713131616141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)484876127129965540250837755353320191714134342373640
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
25
NNE
30
NE
20
NE
5
N
5
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
30
S
30
S
25
S
20
S
10
S
5
S
5
W
5
W
5
SSW
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrossglassglassoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:32AM
1.58
11:14PM
1.71
11:41AM
1.61
12:20AM
1.77
12:44PM
1.68
1:19AM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:51PM
0.28
5:32AM
0.33
5:53PM
0.24
6:33AM
0.28
6:53PM
0.18
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise--------7:07-------7:07-------
Sunset---8:31-------8:30-------8:28----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------33121------------
Temp. °C13182020191814131211111111111110121212121111109
Feels °C (?)81315171817111275678910810910108987
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