Patea River Mouth Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.77° S 174.49° E

Patea River Mouth 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Patea River Mouth sea temperature is
15.0°C
0.4° 

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 (03 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Patea River Mouth at 11PM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 03). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Nov)--
Afternoon (03 Nov)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (03 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Fri morning, min 14°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
3
Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Fri
6
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
W
10
1.3
WNW
9
0.7
W
9
0.6
W
9
0.3
SW
16
0.4
SW
16
0.4
SW
16
0.6
SW
15
0.6
SW
15
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
13
0.6
SW
13
0.6
SW
13
0.6
WSW
13
0.6
WSW
13
0.5
SW
13
0.5
SW
12
0.5
WSW
12
0.4
WSW
12
0.4
SW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
117
266
76
56
42
66
89
188
174
130
162
153
144
142
140
114
111
79
74
85
57
37
Wind (km/h)
10
W
5
W
5
ENE
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
N
10
SSW
10
S
10
SE
10
E
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
N
10
W
10
SW
5
SE
10
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
N
Wind State
on
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:42PM2.07m
6:14AM1.97m
6:49PM2.10m
7:20AM2.02m
7:46PM2.14m
Low Tide
00:01AM0.56m
12:29PM0.58m
1:08AM0.48m
1:34PM0.49m
2:04AM0.38m
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clear
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Temp °C
19
20
17
16
15
15
19
19
17
16
15
15
15
14
19
20
20
18
18
17
17
18
Feels °C
17
19
16
15
14
14
17
17
15
15
14
14
15
13
19
19
19
18
18
16
15
16
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