Patea River Mouth surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 08 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
18.2° 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 11AM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)1ft (0.3m)14s
Afternoon (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1
W
0.4
SW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
1
W
0.9
W
1.1
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)1514141414141351399998861616151414121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3333335251465254444846625813310597876311299160230184177
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
15
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NNW
0
ENE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
ESE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:52AM
2.08
1:14PM
1.93
1:40AM
1.95
2:13PM
1.80
2:44AM
1.84
3:27PM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:14AM
0.65
7:31PM
0.63
8:06AM
0.76
8:24PM
0.75
9:10AM
0.83
9:34PM
0.81
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
Sunrise--6:43-------6:43-------6:45-----
Sunset-----6:04-------6:01-------6:00--
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-1-1--------------------
Temp. °C191920181816151414141720191716161514151717161614
Feels °C (?)171618181715141212121518171615161413151514151513
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