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Kumera Patch surf break

Kumera Patch surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 08 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Kumera Patch surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Kumera Patch sea temperature is
19.3° C
 (Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Kumera Patch today?

The current surf forecast for Kumera Patch at 5AM is: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Afternoon (08 Jan)6ft (1.9m)7s
Evening (08 Jan)3ft (0.9m)11s

Table - waves today at Kumera Patch. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
WSW
1.9
SW
1.5
WSW
0.9
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)7777777711887111212131313121212121215
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14214718926326825134219918954653233223438441037638233530410458337017011396
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:50AM
2.92
2:12PM
3.05
2:35AM
2.77
2:55PM
2.86
3:22AM
2.62
3:42PM
2.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:49PM
0.22
8:02AM
0.30
8:34PM
0.36
8:48AM
0.48
9:20PM
0.52
9:36AM
0.68
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise---6:07-------6:07-------6:09----
Sunset-------8:52-------8:52-------8:52
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171616161819201816161617192019181717171718202019
Feels °C (?)161413131616161514141414171716161615171718201919
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