Patea River Mouth surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 26 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
19.3° 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 12PM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Afternoon (26 Feb)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (26 Feb)3ft (0.9m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
01
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
1
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
1.8
SSE
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)15151414141414141413131313137131313131314141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)453424515367301301293276218212208205219172276196190162196205221234224212
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
10
N
5
NNW
0
NNE
5
SE
15
S
20
SSE
15
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
5
ESE
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crossglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:33AM
1.98
6:10PM
1.95
7:03AM
2.04
7:30PM
2.01
8:10AM
2.18
8:34PM
2.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:52AM
0.73
12:31AM
0.70
1:19PM
0.66
1:50AM
0.58
2:25PM
0.50
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
01
Sunrise--7:00-------7:01-------7:01-----
Sunset-----8:08-------8:07-------8:06--
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------1--------------
Temp. °C161619181920181716161618161714141314151718161716
Feels °C (?)15151817181817161617171613151010910121515141716
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