Patea River Mouth surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 NZST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
17.6° 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 11PM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)--
Afternoon (21 Apr)11ft (3.5m)10s
Evening (21 Apr)10ft (3.0m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.2
S
1.9
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)1010101099999988766666171616161514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20952053181215201330105012451275127397168647626113916517091534365124865453
Wind
(km/h)
45
SSE
45
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
10
SE
15
SSE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
E
5
E
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:10PM
2.34
12:39AM
2.36
1:08PM
2.18
1:40AM
2.21
2:19PM
2.04
2:54AM
2.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:28PM
0.23
7:02AM
0.36
7:23PM
0.41
8:06AM
0.51
8:27PM
0.57
9:16AM
0.61
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise------6:56-------6:58-------6:58-
Sunset5:45-------5:43-------5:42-------
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
4632-1111----111--------
Temp. °C1010101112121111111211111012101213121111109912
Feels °C (?)1123552224566769998887710
  • 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

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
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest