Patea River Mouth surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 28 Mar 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
18.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Patea River Mouth today?

The current surf forecast for Patea River Mouth at 3PM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (28 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (28 Mar)3ft (0.9m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.6
WNW
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.5
SW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
1
W
1.1
W
0.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)101099988141414141414131313131111111010168
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2372282073971891431088912189919291120118113109196198185214245173389
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
WNW
20
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NE
5
NNE
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
N
10
NNW
5
N
10
SSE
5
N
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
onglasscross-
off
crosscross-
off
crossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:50AM
2.05
7:18PM
1.99
7:53AM
2.15
8:19PM
2.09
8:44AM
2.26
9:08PM
2.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:07PM
0.62
1:36AM
0.57
2:10PM
0.47
2:33AM
0.42
2:59PM
0.32
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
Sunrise--7:31-------7:31-------7:33-----
Sunset-----7:22-------7:20-------7:19--
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------1205-----
Temp. °C171719212018171716161821211918181615172119181716
Feels °C (?)171719201817171716161821212018171615182017161514
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