Patiti Point surf break

Patiti Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 27 Feb 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
17.6° C
(Which is 3.6°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 2AM is: 0.1m 15s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 2s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Afternoon (28 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Evening (28 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)8s

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


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Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
3
2
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
1
SSE
2.1
S
1.3
SSE
3
S
2.2
S
1.9
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
2.2
S
Period(s) (?)555999988888131313578898141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)51010988877755161616454751991086708443212318111568
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
15
ENE
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
10
E
15
E
10
ESE
0
N
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
S
40
S
25
SSW
30
S
25
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononglassglasscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:15AM
2.48
1:34PM
2.31
2:14AM
2.53
2:26PM
2.33
3:16AM
2.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:49PM
0.66
7:34AM
0.72
7:45PM
0.60
8:24AM
0.68
8:38PM
0.53
9:13AM
0.68
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise------7:09-------7:11-------7:11-
Sunset-8:25-------8:23-------8:22------
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------2211-----
Temp. °C131312111010111415151413131314101112119981013
Feels °C (?)109998891112131412121213255533357
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