Patea River Mouth surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 17 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
18.1° C
(Which is 1.0°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 6AM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.7m 8s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (18 Apr)7ft (2.2m)8s
Evening (18 Apr)5ft (1.6m)10s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
1
2
0
1
1
1
1
2
4
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
1
1
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
2.1
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
1.7
WSW
2.2
NW
2.4
WNW
1.6
WSW
1.7
W
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.8
S
2
S
Period(s) (?)12778898810913131314151515151414141488
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)35841353778994947458980148047687898310261376147516111739154615041283955561418516
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
N
25
NNW
20
NNW
30
NNW
20
NNW
30
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
5
NW
10
N
10
NNW
15
NW
10
NNW
15
N
10
NE
10
E
10
E
25
ESE
30
ESE
20
E
10
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:37PM
2.50
9:52AM
2.55
10:18PM
2.57
10:35AM
2.54
11:01PM
2.56
11:20AM
2.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:47AM
-0.03
4:08PM
-0.09
4:30AM
-0.02
4:52PM
-0.04
5:16AM
0.06
5:38PM
0.07
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise----6:52-------6:54-------6:54---
Sunset------5:49-------5:46-------5:45-
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
Rain (mm)
----1116641313--232--262533
Temp. °C151616171816161715151312141515131212121313151614
Feels °C (?)1213121315121313141412111313141111111098121513
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