Patea River Mouth surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 10 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
18.4° C
(Which is 1.0°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 5AM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 10). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (11 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (11 Apr)1ft (0.3m)13s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
1.3
S
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
2
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.9
WNW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)12121111101010131313131212125666877111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2092021211177164453330252625243892215182299481284307188183187
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
10
E
5
ESE
5
SSE
5
S
10
S
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
ESE
15
SE
25
SE
30
S
30
S
20
W
35
WNW
30
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrossoffoffoffglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:02AM
1.80
4:40PM
1.73
5:14AM
1.85
5:46PM
1.80
6:13AM
1.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:34PM
0.81
10:24AM
0.82
10:52PM
0.77
11:38AM
0.72
12:01AM
0.65
12:37PM
0.55
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise----6:46-------6:47-------6:48---
Sunset------5:59-------5:58-------5:55-
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------13217112----113
Temp. °C161413121419211818171616171818181717171519201916
Feels °C (?)141211101319201818161517171615151512121217181614
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