Patea River Mouth Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.77° S 174.49° E

Patea River Mouth 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 20 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Patea River Mouth sea temperature is
12.8° C
0.5° 

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 (20 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 14s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Patea River Mouth at 9PM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)--
Afternoon (20 Aug)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (20 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Sat night. Very mild (max 14°C on Sat morning, min 10°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Thu afternoon, fresh winds from the NW by Sat night).

Thu
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
WSW
14
0.9
WSW
14
0.8
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
13
0.6
SW
13
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
15
0.6
SW
15
1.3
WSW
6
1.4
WSW
6
1.5
WSW
6
1.4
WSW
6
1.4
WSW
6
1.2
WSW
6
1.1
W
6
1.3
WNW
5
1.4
WNW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
357
352
238
151
144
144
147
151
183
171
121
156
165
155
139
108
74
91
146
Wind (km/h)
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
20
NW
20
NNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
2:40PM1.90m
3:10AM1.82m
3:49PM1.81m
4:29AM1.74m
5:20PM1.79m
Low Tide
9:04PM0.78m
9:25AM0.75m
10:13PM0.87m
10:43AM0.83m
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:01
7:01
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:46
5:47
5:49
 mm
Temp °C
12
12
12
11
10
10
10
13
12
12
11
11
10
10
11
14
14
13
12
Feels °C
9
10
10
8
7
7
7
9
8
8
7
7
6
6
7
9
9
9
8
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