Kakanui River Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 05 Dec 2025 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
14.6° C
(Which is 3.3°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 12AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 05). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Dec)--
Afternoon (06 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (06 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
S
0.7
ESE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.9
NE
0.8
ENE
1.1
NE
0.9
NE
1.1
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
ENE
1.1
NE
1.3
NE
0.3
SSE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)9999913131313556666566668787
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)929496101868787848535348456773635674880100148410562
Wind
(km/h)
35
WNW
10
SSE
10
E
10
NW
15
N
5
NW
5
ENE
25
NE
25
ENE
25
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
15
N
20
N
25
N
20
N
25
N
20
N
5
WSW
30
SSW
20
SSW
20
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcrossoncross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:35AM
2.05
4:57PM
1.88
5:31AM
2.04
5:53PM
1.85
6:28AM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:14PM
-0.01
10:54AM
0.08
11:12PM
-0.01
11:53AM
0.10
12:11AM
0.02
12:51PM
0.14
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Sunrise-----5:43-------5:43-------5:43--
Sunset-9:08-------9:09-------9:12------
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------------52-
Temp. °C251914131212151614141314161721252423191816121414
Feels °C (?)181812119111411910111214151820181913131471010
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