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Patea River Mouth surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 15 Feb 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
20.4° C
 (Which is 1.4°C warmer than 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 8AM is: 2.4m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 1.2m 14s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Feb)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (15 Feb)10ft (3.0m)9s
Evening (15 Feb)8ft (2.5m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
1.5
WSW
2
S
2.3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
3
S
3.5
S
2.4
S
3
S
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.2
S
1.7
S
1.3
S
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
W
0.9
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)169788991010111111101010109898871111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)255331385600101011341463205511152197271927771993976557320233212281184121775656
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
20
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
45
SSE
45
S
50
S
40
S
30
S
30
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
15
SW
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
N
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
15
W
15
W
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:59PM
1.99
9:20AM
2.16
9:42PM
2.12
9:58AM
2.29
10:20PM
2.24
10:34AM
2.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:12AM
0.51
3:34PM
0.48
3:51AM
0.37
4:11PM
0.34
4:28AM
0.24
4:47PM
0.22
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Sunrise---6:47-------6:48-------6:48----
Sunset-------8:23-------8:22-------8:21
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161615141515141212131313141416171715151318191818
Feels °C (?)15139776456888101214141414131116171617
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