Patea River Mouth surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 21 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
17.7° 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 7PM is: 3.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)11ft (3.5m)10s
Afternoon (21 Apr)11ft (3.5m)10s
Evening (21 Apr)11ft (3.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.2
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)101010101010109999998876661817161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)226922292223222922231930162611581134124512451050654527345192951057548436512486
Wind
(km/h)
45
SSE
40
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
30
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
25
SE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
5
ENE
10
E
10
E
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
offglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:10PM
2.34
12:39AM
2.36
1:08PM
2.18
1:40AM
2.21
2:19PM
2.04
2:54AM
2.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:06AM
0.19
6:28PM
0.23
7:02AM
0.36
7:23PM
0.41
8:06AM
0.51
8:27PM
0.57
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise6:56-------6:56-------6:58-------
Sunset--5:45-------5:43-------5:42-----
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
12353211-11----1121-----
Temp. °C11111010111111121211111211111010121213131111109
Feels °C (?)2211233533244556778109877
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