Patea River Mouth Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.77° S 174.49° E

Patea River Mouth 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 03 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Patea River Mouth sea temperature is
13.6°C
0.0° 

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 (03 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 7s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Patea River Mouth at 1PM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Afternoon (03 Oct)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (03 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 12°C on Sat morning, min 7°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Saturday
3
Sunday
4
Monday
5
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
WSW
7
1.7
WSW
7
1.4
WSW
7
1.2
WSW
6
0.6
SW
11
1.5
S
7
1.3
SSE
6
0.7
WSW
10
1.6
SSE
6
0.6
SW
15
0.8
WSW
15
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.8
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.7
SW
13
0.7
SW
13
0.7
SW
13
0.6
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
281
279
191
117
96
196
147
91
203
176
272
305
288
272
268
276
276
221
186
183
180
178
138
Wind (km/h)
25
WNW
20
WNW
10
WNW
10
S
25
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
NE
0
S
10
SSW
10
SW
5
W
5
N
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
on
glassy
cross-off
High Tide
2:39AM2.10m
3:16PM2.09m
3:57AM1.97m
4:41PM2.01m
5:21AM1.93m
6:06PM2.03m
Low Tide
8:58AM0.53m
9:44PM0.62m
10:09AM0.66m
11:03PM0.68m
11:34AM0.69m
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light rain
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clear
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clear
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clear
clear
clear
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6:54
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7:29
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Temp °C
11
12
12
12
10
8
8
8
8
8
9
11
12
10
10
8
8
7
9
12
12
11
10
Feels °C
7
8
10
11
5
2
2
3
4
3
3
5
7
5
6
6
6
5
8
9
9
9
9
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