Patea River Mouth Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.77° S 174.49° E

Patea River Mouth 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 05 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Patea River Mouth sea temperature is
13.5°C
0.2° 

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 (05 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Patea River Mouth at 10PM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Oct)--
Afternoon (05 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (05 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 15°C on Wed morning, min 9°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Mon
5
Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
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
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SW
13
0.7
SW
13
0.7
SW
13
0.6
SW
13
0.6
SW
14
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
17
0.7
SW
17
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
180
178
175
140
151
223
278
278
258
261
258
258
255
255
264
302
302
214
206
Wind (km/h)
10
SW
5
W
5
NNW
5
N
10
N
10
N
10
NW
15
W
15
W
15
W
5
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
10
NW
Wind State
on
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
6:06PM2.03m
6:37AM1.97m
7:16PM2.12m
7:44AM2.06m
8:13PM2.23m
Low Tide
00:24AM0.63m
12:55PM0.60m
1:35AM0.49m
2:00PM0.45m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
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6:48
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Temp °C
12
10
10
10
10
10
12
13
13
12
11
10
9
9
12
15
15
14
13
Feels °C
9
8
8
7
7
7
10
10
9
9
9
8
6
6
9
12
12
11
11
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