Patea River Mouth Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.77° S 174.49° E

Patea River Mouth 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Patea River Mouth sea temperature is
13.7°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 (09 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Patea River Mouth at 1PM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 20s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (09 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (09 Sep)3ft (0.9m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 13°C on Wed morning, min 7°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ENE on Wed morning, fresh winds from the W by Fri night).

Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
Friday
11
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
4
4
3
3
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
WSW
10
0.7
WSW
11
0.6
WSW
10
0.8
WSW
11
0.8
WSW
11
0.9
WSW
11
0.9
WSW
11
0.8
WSW
11
0.7
SW
11
0.5
SW
18
1.3
W
6
0.5
SW
16
1.6
WSW
16
0.6
WSW
20
2
S
7
0.9
SW
16
1.2
SW
19
1.8
SW
19
1.4
SW
19
2.1
WSW
18
2.5
WSW
18
3
WSW
18
3.5
WSW
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
121
107
69
140
149
183
190
154
121
154
130
133
1382
261
418
392
1055
2300
1441
3027
4473
5132
1827
Wind (km/h)
10
E
10
E
5
ENE
5
SSW
10
W
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NW
20
WNW
25
SSE
25
ESE
15
SE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
NW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
35
W
Wind State
off
off
off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
7:58AM2.23m
8:23PM2.42m
8:47AM2.35m
9:08PM2.52m
9:31AM2.43m
Low Tide
1:49AM0.35m
2:12PM0.27m
2:38AM0.19m
2:58PM0.13m
3:21AM0.07m
3:40PM0.04m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:33
6:31
6:30
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:06
6:06
6:07
 mm
3
5
1
Temp °C
6
6
10
13
13
12
10
7
9
10
11
13
11
9
7
7
7
8
9
12
12
12
12
Feels °C
3
3
8
11
10
9
7
3
5
6
7
10
7
3
1
3
4
6
6
6
6
6
5
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