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Patea River Mouth surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 14 Jan 2026 NZDT
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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
19.1° C
 (Which is 1.2°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 2AM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 14). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (15 Jan)3ft (0.9m)5s
Evening (15 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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

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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.3
SW
0.9
S
1.1
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
1.1
S
1.2
S
0.5
SW
1.3
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
Period(s) (?)9991010101016567715151414661477666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5675596448483738438022223610610410299869989144173135143143
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
0
S
10
E
5
NNE
10
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
5
NNW
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
5
NNW
10
SSW
5
S
10
SSE
15
S
5
ESE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
SE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:42PM
1.86
8:20AM
1.98
8:37PM
1.94
9:05AM
2.09
9:24PM
2.04
9:44AM
2.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:39PM
0.77
2:02AM
0.66
2:34PM
0.69
2:53AM
0.58
3:18PM
0.60
3:36AM
0.50
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise-----6:09-------6:11-------6:11--
Sunset-8:51-------8:51-------8:51------
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heavy rain
thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
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cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C172016181718181819191817171619202018161615151618
Feels °C (?)162116191717181719201818171620202118151612121213
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