Patea River Mouth surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 24 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
17.8° 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 10AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 24). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (24 Mar)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (24 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1
SSE
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)14141414131313131312121212125171616151414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2452061581471401088382787352373737534766121178130999689107
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
5
ESE
5
E
10
E
10
ENE
10
E
15
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
ononglassglassglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:47AM
2.33
2:11PM
2.21
2:43AM
2.17
3:17PM
2.04
3:58AM
2.03
4:42PM
1.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:09AM
0.37
8:32PM
0.41
9:10AM
0.54
9:33PM
0.59
10:23AM
0.67
10:53PM
0.70
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
Sunrise--7:26-------7:28-------7:28-----
Sunset-----7:28-------7:27-------7:24--
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------------------134412
Temp. °C171617201917161616171821201717181716161616161717
Feels °C (?)151517201818171616171820181617181615151414131514
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