Patea River Mouth surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 19 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
17.8° 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: 1.8m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Afternoon (19 Apr)6ft (1.9m)15s
Evening (19 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
2
4
3
3
4
3
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.9
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.3
WSW
2
S
2.1
S
3.5
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
Period(s) (?)1313131415151515141414138810111111111111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)89292298712471537164416931546152512839426344545672309393743493385381737483152287528102606
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
5
N
5
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
20
SE
25
SE
30
SSE
40
SSE
50
S
50
SSE
45
SSE
50
SSE
50
S
50
S
50
S
50
S
45
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:35AM
2.54
11:01PM
2.56
11:20AM
2.47
11:47PM
2.49
12:10PM
2.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:30AM
-0.02
4:52PM
-0.04
5:16AM
0.06
5:38PM
0.07
6:06AM
0.19
6:28PM
0.23
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
Sunrise--6:54-------6:54-------6:56-----
Sunset----5:46-------5:45-------5:45---
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
4---121---166113133176212
Temp. °C141315181613121212131212121213121110101010101111
Feels °C (?)1312141714121012111098876211000012
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