Patea River Mouth Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.77° S 174.49° E

Patea River Mouth 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 07 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Patea River Mouth sea temperature is
14.1°C
0.4° 

Patea River Mouth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Patea River Mouth today (07 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 17s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Patea River Mouth at 10PM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Oct)--
Afternoon (07 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)17s
Evening (07 Oct)2ft (0.6m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Sat morning, min 11°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
7
Thursday
8
Friday
9
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SW
17
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.8
SW
15
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
14
1.1
SW
17
1.2
SW
16
1.2
SW
16
1.2
WSW
16
1.1
SW
16
1.1
SW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
302
211
206
203
255
255
258
255
273
318
316
309
297
663
776
757
666
551
544
Wind (km/h)
15
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
ENE
10
SSE
15
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
E
5
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
E
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
glassy
High Tide
8:13PM2.23m
8:40AM2.17m
9:02PM2.33m
9:27AM2.28m
9:45PM2.39m
Low Tide
2:00PM0.45m
2:30AM0.33m
2:52PM0.30m
3:16AM0.20m
3:37PM0.18m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
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6:47
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6:45
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7:31
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7:32
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7:34
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Temp °C
15
13
13
11
11
11
13
13
14
14
13
12
13
13
14
16
17
15
16
Feels °C
12
11
12
10
10
10
11
10
10
12
10
10
11
12
13
15
15
14
16
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