Patiti Point surf break

Patiti Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 07 Apr 2026 NZST
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Patiti Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Patiti Point sea temperature is
16.2° C
(Which is 3.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Patiti Point today?

The current surf forecast for Patiti Point at 11AM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)4ft (1.2m)6s
Afternoon (07 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Evening (07 Apr)4ft (1.2m)8s

Table - waves today at Patiti Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
1.3
ENE
1.2
E
1.4
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)56667788999910101010101010101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)53106961602931561852392682802392392602822622162161721721621231218785
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
15
NNW
15
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
SSE
10
SE
15
S
15
SW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffglassoncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:23AM
2.19
7:32PM
1.95
7:33AM
2.13
8:40PM
1.97
8:51AM
2.05
9:38PM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:32AM
0.82
1:16PM
0.72
1:19AM
0.90
2:13PM
0.81
2:16AM
0.99
3:09PM
0.87
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise--6:58-------7:00-------7:01-----
Sunset-----6:14-------6:13-------6:10--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------1----------------
Temp. °C121313141616141313121317211817161614161918151514
Feels °C (?)121212121413121112111115181515131311141815121213
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