Patea River Mouth surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 27 Mar 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
18.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Patea River Mouth today?

The current surf forecast for Patea River Mouth at 2PM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 27). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (27 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (27 Mar)4ft (1.2m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Mon
30
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
1.1
W
1
W
1.3
WNW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)1212121212111110101099998141414141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1602562443443903443322442332282071641891462118989899191918812087
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
10
N
10
N
15
NNW
15
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
5
N
5
W
10
W
5
NNW
10
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:30AM
1.99
6:05PM
1.92
6:50AM
2.05
7:18PM
1.99
7:53AM
2.15
8:19PM
2.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:47AM
0.70
12:22AM
0.69
1:07PM
0.62
1:36AM
0.57
2:10PM
0.47
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Mon
30
Sunrise--7:30-------7:31-------7:31-----
Sunset-----7:22-------7:22-------7:20--
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191920212421191817171921201817161616182220201817
Feels °C (?)151517192220181816161820181717161616182220201716
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