Patea River Mouth surfForecast / Taranaki / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am 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
18.2° 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 8AM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)7ft (2.1m)12s
Afternoon (17 Apr)6ft (1.9m)12s
Evening (17 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
2
3
4
2
2
4
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
2.1
WNW
2.2
WNW
1.6
W
2.5
WNW
2.4
NW
2.2
W
2.1
W
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
Period(s) (?)111112121212127798810910101313131415151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1192120412691089101944235841351638610556648827474635859981042122414551883176317391693
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
N
30
NNW
30
N
25
NNW
20
NW
20
NNW
10
W
10
NNW
10
N
15
N
20
NNW
15
NW
10
N
15
NNE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
crossoncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:09AM
2.49
9:37PM
2.50
9:52AM
2.55
10:18PM
2.57
10:35AM
2.54
11:01PM
2.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:06AM
0.03
3:26PM
-0.07
3:47AM
-0.03
4:08PM
-0.09
4:30AM
-0.02
4:52PM
-0.04
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
Sunrise--6:52-------6:52-------6:54-----
Sunset----5:50-------5:49-------5:46---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------2481651010--1223-
Temp. °C151516181816141516161716161515141312141815141312
Feels °C (?)101012141413111212121312121313131211121513131011
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