Patea River Mouth Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.77° S 174.49° E

Patea River Mouth 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 29 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Patea River Mouth sea temperature is
15.2°C
0.7° 

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 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 9s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Oct, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 9s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Oct, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 11s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Patea River Mouth at 1AM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 17s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Oct)10ft (3.0m)9s
Afternoon (30 Oct)11ft (3.5m)9s
Evening (30 Oct)11ft (3.5m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Fri morning, min 9°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the W on Fri afternoon, calm by Sat night).

Thu
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
4
4
3
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.4
WSW
8
2.5
WSW
9
2.5
WSW
9
3
WSW
9
3
WSW
9
3
WSW
9
3
WSW
9
2.5
WSW
9
3.5
WSW
9
3.5
WSW
10
3.5
WSW
11
3
SW
12
2.5
WSW
12
2.4
WSW
13
2.2
WSW
13
2.1
WSW
13
1.8
WSW
13
1.7
WSW
13
1.6
WSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
745
1024
1159
1194
1342
1447
1276
972
1819
2838
3316
2924
2210
1879
1597
1383
1117
1045
902
Wind (km/h)
25
W
35
W
30
W
30
W
35
W
30
W
30
W
30
WNW
35
W
35
W
30
WSW
20
S
15
SE
10
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
glassy
High Tide
00:43AM2.37m
1:10PM2.42m
1:37AM2.25m
2:07PM2.29m
Low Tide
6:39PM0.17m
7:01AM0.19m
7:33PM0.31m
7:53AM0.34m
8:33PM0.44m
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
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6:13
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7:54
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7:55
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7:58
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 mm
2
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1
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Temp °C
12
13
12
12
12
12
14
12
14
12
12
9
9
9
10
12
12
12
10
Feels °C
7
6
5
5
5
5
7
6
6
5
5
4
5
5
6
8
7
9
8
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