Patea River Mouth Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.77° S 174.49° E

Patea River Mouth 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 02 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Patea River Mouth sea temperature is
12.9° C
0.6° 

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 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 11s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 11s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Patea River Mouth at 12AM is: 1.9m 7s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 21s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Aug)--
Afternoon (03 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (03 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 13°C on Mon morning, min 7°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Sun afternoon, fresh winds from the W by Mon night).

Sun
2
Monday
3
Tuesday
4
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SW
11
0.8
WSW
7
0.4
SW
11
1.9
WSW
7
2.2
WSW
7
2.5
WSW
8
2.5
WSW
9
2.5
WSW
9
2.5
WSW
9
2.5
WSW
9
2.5
WSW
9
3
WSW
9
3
WSW
9
2.5
SW
9
2.3
S
8
2
S
8
2.2
S
8
2
S
8
1.7
S
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
59
51
43
390
498
829
1107
1058
1157
1093
1106
1199
1172
993
658
553
671
503
311
Wind (km/h)
10
W
10
WNW
20
NW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
35
W
35
W
30
W
30
W
35
W
30
W
30
WSW
30
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
00:03AM2.44m
12:26PM2.30m
00:39AM2.38m
1:05PM2.23m
Low Tide
5:59PM0.26m
6:23AM0.27m
6:37PM0.32m
7:02AM0.31m
7:19PM0.41m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:24
7:22
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:30
5:31
5:32
 mm
Temp °C
11
10
9
12
12
12
12
13
13
13
12
12
12
8
7
7
8
8
8
Feels °C
8
7
5
7
6
6
5
6
7
7
5
6
5
1
-1
-1
-1
0
-1
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