Patea River Mouth surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 15 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
18.5° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than 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 9AM is: 2.2m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)7ft (2.2m)12s
Afternoon (15 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s
Evening (15 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.5
W
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
W
2
W
1.7
WSW
2
W
1.6
WSW
1
SW
Period(s) (?)12121211121212119101010101010101011121212121213
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)115912681338167022872837230217881348171217261576153814921367124913081154123611138521098754326
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
25
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
35
W
35
W
35
W
30
W
30
W
25
W
30
W
25
W
20
WNW
15
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
20
N
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:45AM
2.24
8:17PM
2.23
8:27AM
2.38
8:57PM
2.38
9:09AM
2.49
9:37PM
2.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:42AM
0.31
2:05PM
0.17
2:24AM
0.15
2:46PM
0.02
3:06AM
0.03
3:26PM
-0.07
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
Sunrise--6:50-------6:50-------6:52-----
Sunset----5:52-------5:52-------5:50---
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
2331----12----1---------
Temp. °C131314161716161515141515161414151515151717161515
Feels °C (?)991013131111101088898891011121314141212
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