Patea River Mouth surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 09 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
18.5° 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 10PM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)--
Afternoon (09 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
1.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)9151566615141412121211111010101313131312124
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)119588290103851139916025520917712111771644533252526253958
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
5
NE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
10
SE
5
S
5
SSE
5
ENE
5
E
5
E
10
E
10
ESE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:13PM
1.80
2:44AM
1.84
3:27PM
1.73
4:02AM
1.80
4:40PM
1.73
5:14AM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:24PM
0.75
9:10AM
0.83
9:34PM
0.81
10:24AM
0.82
10:52PM
0.77
11:38AM
0.72
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise------6:45-------6:46-------6:47-
Sunset-6:01-------6:00------5:59-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------2
Temp. °C191716151513141717161514131315192119181716161819
Feels °C (?)171615131412141515151312111114182019171615151817
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