Kakanui River Mouth surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 21 Mar 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
15.0° C
(Which is 2.4°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: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (22 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (22 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)111111101010101010101010101010101010101010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2972842312181671621621641611581251221259696728385856352494732
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNW
5
NW
5
WNW
0
W
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
5
S
5
N
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
15
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
10
N
5
WNW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SSW
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:13AM
1.77
6:40PM
1.82
7:06AM
1.71
7:39PM
1.79
8:06AM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:08AM
0.14
12:31PM
0.16
1:06AM
0.20
1:28PM
0.20
2:07AM
0.26
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise------7:39-------7:41-------7:41-
Sunset-7:47-------7:45-------7:44------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151413121313161716141212131213161715141414131517
Feels °C (?)131212101212161413121212121011141312131413121416
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