Patea River Mouth surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 06 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
18.4° 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: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 06). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Afternoon (06 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (06 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
WSW
0.4
NW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141313131313121212121212111514141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)305301238189144142848358393837232214303333535251465044
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
E
5
ESE
10
SE
15
SSE
10
E
10
NE
10
E
5
E
10
E
5
ENE
5
NE
10
NE
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NNE
20
N
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:54AM
2.18
12:13AM
2.20
12:30PM
2.06
12:52AM
2.08
1:14PM
1.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:54AM
0.40
6:11PM
0.36
6:31AM
0.52
6:48PM
0.50
7:14AM
0.65
7:31PM
0.63
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
Sunrise--6:41-------6:41-------6:43-----
Sunset-----6:07-------6:05-------6:04--
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------13--22-----
Temp. °C141314202020181616151621211817191917161717161515
Feels °C (?)131213181719161515131519191515161717161616151414
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