Patea River Mouth Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.77° S 174.49° E

Patea River Mouth 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 01 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Patea River Mouth sea temperature is
15.0°C
0.4° 

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 (01 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 13s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 12s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 12s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Patea River Mouth at 7PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Afternoon (01 Nov)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (01 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 20°C on Tue morning, min 11°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Sun
1
Monday
2
Tuesday
3
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
WSW
13
1.2
WSW
13
0.9
SW
12
0.6
SW
12
1.5
WNW
6
0.5
SW
12
0.5
SW
14
0.4
SW
13
0.3
SW
13
1.2
WNW
6
1.4
WNW
6
1.4
WNW
6
0.5
WSW
13
1
W
12
1.1
W
11
1.1
W
11
1.1
W
11
1
W
10
1.4
WNW
10
1.4
WNW
10
0.7
W
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
484
433
223
122
141
74
96
63
27
107
160
170
96
294
313
284
269
202
348
351
81
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
20
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
N
20
N
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
20
N
20
N
20
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
N
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
High Tide
3:15PM2.17m
3:55AM2.01m
4:29PM2.09m
5:05AM1.97m
5:42PM2.07m
Low Tide
8:53AM0.49m
9:39PM0.54m
10:02AM0.59m
10:49PM0.58m
11:16AM0.62m
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6:11
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6:09
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Temp °C
12
14
15
14
11
11
12
12
15
18
19
17
15
15
14
14
16
20
20
19
17
Feels °C
8
9
10
10
8
7
8
8
11
15
16
13
12
12
10
11
13
18
18
17
17
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