Kumera Patch surf break

Kumera Patch surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 16 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
18.8° C
(Which is 1.3°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 10PM is: 3.5m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)--
Afternoon (16 Apr)13ft (4.0m)10s
Evening (16 Apr)13ft (4.0m)11s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
3
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
W
2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
3
NW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
Period(s) (?)10111111111212121212131313131181011121413131314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3641351332502931283029152875252122822221221622011301138790411131226112193119132310231026652786
Wind
(km/h)
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
15
NW
20
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
30
NNW
35
NNW
35
N
40
N
40
N
45
N
45
N
50
NNW
25
WNW
5
NW
10
NE
20
N
25
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononononcross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:07PM
3.16
9:22AM
3.29
9:47PM
3.30
10:04AM
3.36
10:29PM
3.37
10:46AM
3.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:14AM
0.11
3:36PM
-0.08
3:57AM
0.00
4:18PM
-0.13
4:41AM
-0.02
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise------6:54-------6:54-------6:54-
Sunset5:54-------5:52-------5:52-------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
---1----1---1171075773321
Temp. °C161514141515161717161616171717171818171615151617
Feels °C (?)8889101113141312121112121111111191215151313
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