Patea River Mouth Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.77° S 174.49° E

Patea River Mouth 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 26 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Patea River Mouth sea temperature is
13.7°C
0.2° 

Patea River Mouth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Patea River Mouth today (27 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 8s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Patea River Mouth at 4AM is: 2.2m 8s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Sep)8ft (2.4m)8s
Afternoon (27 Sep)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (27 Sep)10ft (3.0m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Sun morning, min 10°C on Sun afternoon). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Sun morning, light winds from the SW by Tue morning).

Sunday
27
Monday
28
9 PM
12 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
W
7
2
W
8
2.2
WSW
8
2.2
W
8
2.5
W
8
3
W
9
3
WSW
10
3
WSW
10
3
WSW
10
2.5
WSW
11
2.5
WSW
11
3
WSW
10
3
WSW
10
2.5
WSW
9
2.5
WSW
9
2.5
WSW
9
2.5
WSW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
258
484
599
659
825
1342
1893
1960
1773
1647
1462
1887
1576
1238
1050
912
837
Wind (km/h)
30
NW
25
NW
30
WNW
25
NW
35
NW
35
WNW
30
W
30
WSW
25
W
10
W
20
W
30
W
30
W
30
W
30
W
30
W
30
W
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
9:22PM2.44m
9:46AM2.41m
9:58PM2.51m
10:21AM2.48m
Low Tide
3:37AM0.03m
3:54PM0.04m
4:13AM-0.02m
4:30PM0.02m
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
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1
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4
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Temp °C
13
13
14
14
15
12
10
11
10
10
10
11
12
12
12
12
11
Feels °C
8
9
9
10
9
5
3
3
3
6
5
4
5
5
5
6
5
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