Patea River Mouth Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.77° S 174.49° E

Patea River Mouth 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 04 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Patea River Mouth sea temperature is
12.7° C
0.8° 

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 (04 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 9s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Aug, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Aug, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Patea River Mouth at 4PM is: 2.4m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 1.3m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.8m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am August 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Aug)6ft (1.9m)9s
Afternoon (04 Aug)7ft (2.2m)8s
Evening (04 Aug)8ft (2.5m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 10°C on Thu morning, min 6°C on Tue morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Tue night, calm by Thu morning).

Tue
4
Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
WSW
9
1.5
WSW
9
2.2
S
8
2.5
S
9
2.5
S
9
2.4
S
8
2.1
S
8
2
S
7
1.8
S
7
0.7
SW
13
0.7
SW
13
0.6
SW
13
0.6
WSW
13
0.6
WSW
13
0.5
SW
12
0.5
S
11
0.4
SW
12
0.4
S
11
0.4
SW
14
0.3
SW
13
0.3
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
601
362
594
1236
1051
778
569
419
303
175
172
136
111
108
71
59
37
37
47
28
27
Wind (km/h)
25
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
ESE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NNE
0
WNW
10
SW
0
NNE
5
N
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
glassy
glassy
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
High Tide
1:05PM2.23m
1:20AM2.28m
1:48PM2.15m
2:07AM2.18m
2:40PM2.07m
Low Tide
7:02AM0.31m
7:19PM0.41m
7:44AM0.39m
8:06PM0.52m
8:31AM0.49m
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:22
7:22
7:20
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:32
5:32
5:34
 mm
1
1
2
Temp °C
8
6
7
7
7
8
8
8
8
9
9
9
8
7
8
8
8
10
9
9
8
Feels °C
2
-2
-2
-2
-2
-2
-1
0
1
3
4
6
5
4
5
5
5
8
6
8
6
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