Patea River Mouth Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.77° S 174.49° E

Patea River Mouth 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 27 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Patea River Mouth sea temperature is
13.7°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 (27 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 10s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Patea River Mouth at 11PM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 27). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Sep)--
Afternoon (27 Sep)11ft (3.5m)10s
Evening (27 Sep)10ft (3.0m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 13°C on Tue morning, min 9°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the W on Sun afternoon, light winds from the SW by Tue morning).

Sun
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
5 PM
8 PM
11 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
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
2
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
WSW
10
3
WSW
10
3
WSW
10
2.5
WSW
11
2.5
WSW
11
3
WSW
10
3
WSW
10
3
WSW
9
2.5
WSW
9
2.5
WSW
9
2.5
WSW
8
2.5
WSW
8
2.5
WSW
8
2.3
WSW
8
1.8
WSW
9
1
SW
15
1.7
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2181
2157
1716
1536
1708
1930
1576
1276
1159
1034
921
899
837
738
475
418
1159
1014
955
Wind (km/h)
35
W
30
W
25
WSW
10
WNW
20
W
30
W
30
W
30
WNW
30
W
30
WNW
30
W
25
W
25
W
20
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State
on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
10:58PM2.51m
11:21AM2.48m
11:34PM2.53m
11:57AM2.50m
Low Tide
4:54PM0.04m
5:13AM-0.02m
5:30PM0.02m
5:51AM-0.01m
6:09PM0.07m
light rain
clear
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
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7:01
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8:22
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7:22
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7:23
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 mm
3
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1
1
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1
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Temp °C
10
11
10
10
10
11
12
12
12
11
11
11
11
11
12
13
13
12
11
Feels °C
2
3
4
7
4
4
5
5
5
4
4
5
5
6
10
10
10
9
8
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