Patea River Mouth Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.77° S 174.49° E

Patea River Mouth 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Patea River Mouth sea temperature is
13.2°C
0.0° 

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 (02 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 8s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 8s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 7s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Patea River Mouth at 7AM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.2m 17s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Sep)8ft (2.4m)8s
Afternoon (02 Sep)6ft (1.9m)8s
Evening (02 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu afternoon, min 10°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.

Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
WSW
9
3
WSW
9
2.5
WSW
9
2.5
WSW
8
2.4
WSW
8
2.1
WSW
8
1.9
WSW
8
1.8
WSW
8
1.7
WSW
7
0.8
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
1.3
WSW
7
1.6
W
7
1.3
W
8
1.3
W
7
1.1
W
7
1.8
WNW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1535
1372
1118
899
770
578
480
368
294
255
217
171
222
224
154
107
286
Wind (km/h)
30
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
25
NW
25
WNW
15
NNW
15
N
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
00:12AM2.42m
12:37PM2.32m
00:54AM2.30m
1:22PM2.21m
Low Tide
6:11PM0.22m
6:34AM0.22m
6:54PM0.35m
7:17AM0.36m
7:45PM0.50m
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:43
6:43
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:59
6:00
 mm
Temp °C
12
12
12
12
13
14
14
13
13
13
12
10
12
16
17
14
13
Feels °C
5
5
6
6
7
8
9
8
9
9
8
6
8
11
12
11
11
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Patea River Mouth surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest