Patea River Mouth Surf Forecast

/ Taranaki (31 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (39.77° S 174.49° E)

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Patea River Mouth surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 23 Aug 2025 NZST

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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 12.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Patea River Mouth today?

The current surf forecast for Patea River Mouth at 5AM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 18s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm August 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (24 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	15s
Afternoon (24 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	15s
Evening (24 Aug)	2ft (0.6m)	15s

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

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		Sunday 24								Monday 25								Tuesday 26
	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	250	221	226	223	225	227	243	231	182	209	275	213	193	228	225	221	215	217	232	229	221	234	230	288
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	SSE	SSE	ESE	NNE	ENE	NE	ENE	NE	S	SSE	SE	E	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	SSE	SSE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		9:52PM 2.49				10:11AM 2.38				10:28PM 2.50				10:46AM 2.39				11:02PM 2.46				11:20AM 2.35
Low Tide / height (m)				4:05AM 0.18				4:21PM 0.15				4:42AM 0.16				4:56PM 0.16				5:18AM 0.17				5:30PM 0.22

		Sunday 24								Monday 25								Tuesday 26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	10	10	10	14	12	12	12	13	12	11	12	15	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	14	14	13
Feels °C (?)	7	7	7	8	8	12	8	9	10	11	10	8	10	13	10	11	10	10	9	9	9	12	10	11

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Taranaki

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Patea River Mouth (light winds from the NNE at HaweraAws 25 km from Patea River Mouth). 0.6m 13s groundswell from the SW with a 0.3m 16s long period groundswell, also from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 7 minutes ago Patea River Mouth

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25 km away, 1 h 7 min ago

11 km/h

NNE

0.0

12.7

Air / Water (°C)

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