Patea River Mouth Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.77° S 174.49° E

Patea River Mouth 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 30 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Patea River Mouth sea temperature is
12.6° C
1.0° 

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 (30 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 14s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Patea River Mouth at 10PM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 19s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jul)--
Afternoon (30 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (30 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 22mm), heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 13°C on Thu night, min 6°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Fri afternoon, calm by Sat night).

Thu
30
Friday
31
Saturday
1
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
1
W
14
1.5
W
8
1.8
W
10
2
W
10
2.1
W
10
2.5
W
9
3
WSW
9
3
WSW
10
3.5
WSW
12
3.5
WSW
13
3.5
W
13
2.5
WSW
13
2.1
WSW
13
1.7
WSW
13
1.4
WSW
13
1.3
WSW
12
1
WSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
186
149
383
309
666
840
804
1032
1291
2042
3313
3801
3638
2197
1405
928
610
466
289
Wind (km/h)
20
N
25
N
25
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
35
W
30
WNW
25
W
10
WSW
25
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
10
SE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:21PM2.43m
10:41AM2.32m
10:55PM2.47m
11:15AM2.34m
Low Tide
4:14PM0.28m
4:34AM0.30m
4:48PM0.23m
5:09AM0.26m
5:23PM0.23m
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light rain
light rain
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light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:26
7:26
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:28
5:29
5:30
 mm
10
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
12
12
13
12
11
10
11
12
11
10
10
10
9
8
8
9
9
8
8
Feels °C
8
7
8
8
7
5
5
5
3
2
3
4
5
1
0
2
3
3
4
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