Patea River Mouth surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 07 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
18.2° 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 5AM is: 0.3m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 07). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)1ft (0.3m)14s
Afternoon (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1
W
0.4
SW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.9
W
1
W
0.9
W
1.1
W
0.5
SW
1.1
WSW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)121215141414141413513999988716615141412
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1413333333525146545844474662122135105130123877897160230
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
15
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
15
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
15
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
ESE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:52AM
2.08
1:14PM
1.93
1:40AM
1.95
2:13PM
1.80
2:44AM
1.84
3:27PM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:48PM
0.50
7:14AM
0.65
7:31PM
0.63
8:06AM
0.76
8:24PM
0.75
9:10AM
0.83
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise----6:43-------6:43-------6:45---
Sunset-------6:04-------6:01-------6:00
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
13-1-1------------------
Temp. °C161718192019181715151415172019171615151415171616
Feels °C (?)151515171819171614141213151817161515141315151415
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