Kakanui River Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 03 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 2PM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm December 03). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Dec)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (03 Dec)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (03 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)10s

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

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Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
SSE
0.7
ESE
1.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)101010101010999979999999999996
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)716948474744272729293778108141141119119119121981519278177
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
15
E
20
E
10
E
5
ENE
5
W
5
W
10
SW
5
SSE
15
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
15
N
10
NNW
5
NW
10
NNW
15
NW
30
WNW
25
WNW
15
W
15
ESE
5
E
10
NNW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononglassglassoffcross-
off
crossononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffononcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:14PM
1.81
2:45AM
1.95
3:08PM
1.85
3:40AM
2.02
4:02PM
1.88
4:35AM
2.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:02AM
0.12
8:23PM
0.05
8:58AM
0.09
9:18PM
0.01
9:56AM
0.08
10:14PM
-0.01
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunrise-------5:43-------5:43-------5:43
Sunset---9:07-------9:07-------9:08----
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C12131312111091013141413121212132025252214121212
Feels °C (?)9999108781111121191010111619201911111010
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