Patea River Mouth surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 16 Oct 2025 NZDT
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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
14.5° 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 9PM is: 1.8m 8s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 20s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Oct)--
Afternoon (16 Oct)7ft (2.1m)22s
Evening (16 Oct)6ft (1.8m)8s

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

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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
2
3
3
2
1
1
3
3
2
3
1
0
0
1
2
1
2
3
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
WSW
2.2
WSW
1.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
SW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.5
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
2
WSW
2.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)228820131414181717161616161616161515151516169
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4070539423336172617663168216441754159414519067296284834834654419961305157118661051
Wind
(km/h)
30
WNW
25
W
20
S
15
E
5
E
5
ENE
0
NW
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
15
NW
15
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
glassoffglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:02PM
2.02
7:29AM
1.94
7:58PM
2.09
8:23AM
2.03
8:44PM
2.16
9:08AM
2.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:20AM
0.59
1:44PM
0.57
2:14AM
0.47
2:35PM
0.45
2:58AM
0.35
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise-----6:33-------6:31-------6:30--
Sunset-7:40-------7:42-------7:43------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C14131210109131413131199813171715131314141715
Feels °C (?)88868611119108665101212121091091310
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Taranaki

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Patea River Mouth (moderate winds from the W at HaweraAws 25 km from Patea River Mouth). 2.6m 7s swell from the WSW with a 1.0m 20s long period groundswell, also from the WSW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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25 km away, 1 h 28 min ago

26 km/h
W
0.0
14.5
Air / Water (°C)
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