Patea River Mouth Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.77° S 174.49° E

Patea River Mouth 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Patea River Mouth sea temperature is
13.7°C
0.4° 

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 (08 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 12s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Patea River Mouth at 10AM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 08). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (08 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (08 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Wed morning, min 7°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, fresh winds from the SSE by Thu night).

Tuesday
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
WSW
14
1
WSW
13
0.8
WSW
10
0.8
WSW
10
0.8
WSW
9
0.7
WSW
10
0.8
WSW
12
0.8
WSW
11
0.8
WSW
10
0.7
WSW
11
0.4
WSW
10
0.8
WSW
11
0.9
WSW
11
0.9
WSW
11
0.9
WSW
11
0.8
WSW
11
0.7
SW
11
0.5
SW
18
1.3
W
6
0.5
SW
16
1.5
W
6
0.8
SW
16
0.7
WSW
20
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
332
346
134
105
100
80
180
163
121
107
37
145
186
180
190
154
121
154
128
133
181
306
402
Wind (km/h)
15
ESE
10
E
5
ESE
5
SSE
5
S
5
ESE
10
E
10
E
5
E
5
NE
5
N
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
W
10
W
35
SSE
Wind State
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
on
on
cross
High Tide
7:00AM2.09m
7:33PM2.28m
7:58AM2.23m
8:23PM2.42m
8:47AM2.35m
Low Tide
00:51AM0.54m
1:18PM0.46m
1:49AM0.35m
2:12PM0.27m
2:38AM0.19m
2:58PM0.13m
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:33
6:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:05
6:06
6:06
 mm
1
5
1
Temp °C
7
5
9
11
11
9
8
8
7
8
11
14
12
12
9
8
9
9
11
14
11
10
8
Feels °C
3
2
6
8
9
6
5
5
5
6
9
11
9
10
5
4
4
5
7
10
7
7
1
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