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Patea River Mouth surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 13 Jan 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
19.2° C
 (Which is 1.3°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 1AM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a West direction and 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (14 Jan)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (14 Jan)2ft (0.6m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.5
W
1.4
W
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.9
WNW
1.2
W
Period(s) (?)11101066101099910101010101615151515151577
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)460377170181157868358565660644848363836415610610610473138
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
10
SSW
10
S
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
NE
15
N
15
NNE
15
N
20
N
20
N
15
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
10
N
10
NNW
5
NW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:35PM
1.83
7:24AM
1.88
7:42PM
1.86
8:20AM
1.98
8:37PM
1.94
9:05AM
2.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:57AM
0.70
1:39PM
0.77
2:02AM
0.66
2:34PM
0.69
2:53AM
0.58
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise-----6:09-------6:09-------6:11--
Sunset-8:52-------8:51-------8:51------
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
rain showers
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181615141314172018151617181817222119181817171921
Feels °C (?)141212121112161817151617171716202019191917171920
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