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Patiti Point surf break

Patiti Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 15 Jan 2026 NZDT
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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
16.0° C
 (Which is 2.3°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 3AM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)14s
Afternoon (15 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)14s
Evening (15 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)5s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SE
0.2
SSE
0.2
E
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
Period(s) (?)9108141414455555577777788888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13971919202640332533453758515413161768387788080
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SE
15
E
20
ENE
25
E
25
E
20
E
20
E
25
E
25
ESE
20
ESE
15
SE
10
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
10
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		ononononononcross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:42AM
2.06
2:01PM
2.07
2:22AM
2.10
2:30PM
2.11
3:01AM
2.13
3:00PM
2.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:29PM
0.73
8:06AM
0.73
8:11PM
0.72
8:44AM
0.76
8:51PM
0.70
9:22AM
0.78
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise---6:07-------6:09-------6:11----
Sunset-------9:17-------9:17-------9:16
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--11135557643332211-----
Temp. °C151414141514141313131313121212121212121212121212
Feels °C (?)1312121213111091010999910999999898
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