Patea River Mouth surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 21 Mar 2026 NZDT
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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 normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Patea River Mouth today?

The current surf forecast for Patea River Mouth at 6PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (21 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (21 Mar)2ft (0.6m)13s

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)131312131313131515141414141414131818151616151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)83791041281301041061781711671511471511601538891103181198295280245206
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
5
SE
5
E
5
NNE
5
NNE
0
NNW
5
SW
10
SW
5
S
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
ESE
10
S
5
SW
0
SSW
5
NNE
5
N
5
N
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoffoffoffglasscrosscross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:55AM
2.58
12:19AM
2.52
12:35PM
2.51
1:01AM
2.45
1:19PM
2.38
1:47AM
2.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:13PM
-0.03
6:32AM
0.06
6:56PM
0.07
7:18AM
0.19
7:41PM
0.22
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise--------7:24-------7:26-------
Sunset---7:32-------7:30-------7:30----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131616141313121214181816151514141621181818181817
Feels °C (?)101313121213111113171716151413121519171817171717
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