Patea River Mouth surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 26 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Patea River Mouth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Patea River Mouth sea temperature is
19.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Patea River Mouth today?

The current surf forecast for Patea River Mouth at 7PM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Afternoon (26 Feb)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (26 Feb)3ft (0.9m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
1.3
S
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)14141414141414131313131371313131313141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)515367301301293280264212222219175136170167193162199208221234228212205170
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
20
SSE
15
SE
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
E
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:10PM
1.95
7:03AM
2.04
7:30PM
2.01
8:10AM
2.18
8:34PM
2.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:52AM
0.73
12:31AM
0.70
1:19PM
0.66
1:50AM
0.58
2:25PM
0.50
2:50AM
0.42
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Sunrise--------7:01-------7:01-------
Sunset---8:08-------8:07-------8:06----
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------11----------------
Temp. °C191919191817161615171617141414141417191716161616
Feels °C (?)181717161616161715161315101011111115161515161616
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