Patea River Mouth Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.77° S 174.49° E

Patea River Mouth 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 14 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Patea River Mouth sea temperature is
12.7° C
0.7° 

Patea River Mouth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Patea River Mouth today (14 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 18s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Patea River Mouth at 10PM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Aug)--
Afternoon (14 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)18s
Evening (14 Aug)2ft (0.6m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 14°C on Fri afternoon, min 7°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SE on Fri night, strong winds from the SSE by Sat night).

Fri
14
Saturday
15
Sunday
16
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
2
2
2
3
3
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SW
18
0.5
SW
18
0.6
SW
16
0.9
SW
19
0.9
WSW
18
1.2
WSW
18
1.3
WSW
17
1.4
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.2
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
3
S
9
3
S
9
3
S
10
3
S
10
3
S
9
2.5
S
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
155
159
193
513
547
817
975
1084
1031
894
894
739
1057
1218
1495
1775
1660
1303
1184
Wind (km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
ESE
15
SE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
35
SSE
45
SSE
40
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
10:53PM2.63m
11:14AM2.48m
11:33PM2.56m
11:53AM2.40m
Low Tide
4:43PM0.02m
5:08AM0.03m
5:23PM0.06m
5:50AM0.09m
6:03PM0.17m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:09
7:09
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:42
5:43
5:44
 mm
1
2
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
14
14
12
13
12
12
13
14
14
12
12
10
9
8
8
8
8
8
7
Feels °C
12
11
10
11
10
10
11
12
11
9
8
3
0
-1
-2
-2
-2
-1
-2
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