Patea River Mouth Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.77° S 174.49° E

Patea River Mouth 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 24 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Patea River Mouth sea temperature is
14.7°C
0.5° 

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 (24 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Patea River Mouth at 10PM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 19s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.6m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Oct)--
Afternoon (24 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Evening (24 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Mon afternoon, min 10°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SW
15
0.8
SW
15
0.8
SW
15
1.6
WSW
7
1.6
WSW
7
1.5
WSW
7
1.5
WSW
6
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
15
0.8
SW
15
0.8
SW
14
0.8
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.5
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
276
266
258
233
220
189
170
371
371
371
362
349
326
258
251
248
167
158
88
Wind (km/h)
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
15
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
20
NNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
9:07PM2.28m
9:39AM2.29m
9:48PM2.39m
10:17AM2.42m
Low Tide
3:06PM0.25m
3:26AM0.11m
3:46PM0.13m
4:06AM0.02m
4:27PM0.05m
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
15
13
13
13
13
12
14
14
15
14
12
11
10
10
15
17
18
16
13
Feels °C
10
8
9
8
8
9
10
9
10
9
8
8
6
6
11
12
13
12
9
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