Patea River Mouth surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 20 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
19.5° 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 4PM is: 2.0m 8s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)6ft (1.9m)8s
Afternoon (20 Feb)6ft (1.9m)8s
Evening (20 Feb)8ft (2.5m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
2
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
2.1
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.3
WSW
2
WSW
1.6
WSW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)8888999991313131313131414147888814
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)40837543880410457164973723119229221042444444458456407305482770738551334288
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
W
25
W
10
S
5
W
5
N
15
NW
20
WNW
20
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
15
WNW
10
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:21PM
2.56
12:43AM
2.44
12:58PM
2.51
1:22AM
2.39
1:38PM
2.41
2:05AM
2.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:39PM
0.08
6:54AM
0.13
7:19PM
0.14
7:36AM
0.24
8:01PM
0.25
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise-------6:54-------6:54-------6:56
Sunset---8:16-------8:15-------8:15----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C182019171615131216171616151514141717181716161111
Feels °C (?)1415141111131211131312121011101012131212111499
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