Patea River Mouth surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 08 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
18.3° 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 3AM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (09 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (09 Apr)3ft (0.9m)8s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
1
W
0.4
SW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.9
W
0.4
SW
0.9
WSW
0.4
SW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.3
SW
Period(s) (?)1351399991581566151414121212111110101013
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)45584448466212058109821031031139916023318417712111771644533
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
20
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
NNW
5
N
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
E
5
E
10
S
10
SSE
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:40AM
1.95
2:13PM
1.80
2:44AM
1.84
3:27PM
1.73
4:02AM
1.80
4:40PM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:31PM
0.63
8:06AM
0.76
8:24PM
0.75
9:10AM
0.83
9:34PM
0.81
10:24AM
0.82
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise----6:43-------6:45-------6:46---
Sunset-------6:01-------6:00------5:59-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151414141721191716151513141716151614131315202018
Feels °C (?)141313121519171615141312141513131513111114191918
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