Patea River Mouth Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.77° S 174.49° E

Patea River Mouth 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Patea River Mouth sea temperature is
13.4° C
0.3° 

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 (28 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Patea River Mouth at 8PM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jul)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (28 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (28 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 13°C on Thu afternoon, min 6°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
WSW
11
0.9
WSW
11
0.8
WSW
11
0.8
WSW
11
0.8
WSW
11
0.8
WSW
11
0.8
WSW
11
0.8
WSW
11
0.8
WSW
11
0.8
WSW
11
0.7
WSW
10
0.5
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.9
WSW
14
0.9
WSW
14
0.9
WSW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.8
WSW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
1.2
WNW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
197
186
133
133
133
133
133
133
130
130
115
108
206
337
328
323
268
232
186
149
156
Wind (km/h)
5
ENE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
N
10
N
10
N
15
N
10
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
N
20
N
20
N
25
N
20
N
20
N
25
N
25
N
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
8:54AM2.11m
9:11PM2.27m
9:32AM2.20m
9:46PM2.36m
10:07AM2.28m
Low Tide
3:04PM0.43m
3:23AM0.44m
3:40PM0.35m
3:59AM0.36m
4:14PM0.28m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:30
7:28
7:28
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:25
5:27
5:28
 mm
Temp °C
6
9
10
9
8
8
8
7
8
11
12
9
9
9
8
9
10
12
13
12
12
Feels °C
3
6
6
6
5
5
5
3
5
7
9
5
5
5
3
4
4
8
8
7
7
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