Pataua surf break

Pataua surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 29 Oct 2025 NZDT
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Pataua surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Pataua sea temperature is
17.5° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Pataua today?

The current surf forecast for Pataua at 6AM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 29). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Oct)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (29 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (29 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
Friday
31
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
N
0.9
NNW
0.8
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.4
NNW
0.5
N
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.8
NNE
0.9
NNE
1
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NE
Period(s) (?)988888777799999999977777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)186120864044412826162213131313202020201954751028367
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
20
W
15
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
0
SE
10
E
10
ENE
5
E
5
SE
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
20
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:45AM
1.65
1:23PM
1.75
1:36AM
1.60
2:15PM
1.74
2:33AM
1.59
3:10PM
1.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:02AM
0.46
7:41PM
0.60
7:52AM
0.50
8:36PM
0.59
8:47AM
0.51
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
Friday
31
Sunrise---6:22-------6:20-------6:20----
Sunset-------7:49-------7:50-------7:51
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------11-------
Temp. °C131313141517181715141413141414131313131315181816
Feels °C (?)788101113151513121212141213131313111112151312
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