Patiti Point surf break

Patiti Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 03 Apr 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
15.2° C
(Which is 2.5°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 2PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (03 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (03 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

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


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Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Mon
06
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
ESE
0.2
SSE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.8
ESE
Period(s) (?)14131312121111111110455444165556666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)261208156118896443313017172117810102524273236419142
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
15
S
25
SSE
20
SE
15
E
10
E
10
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:55AM
2.16
5:24PM
2.13
5:20AM
2.13
6:03PM
2.09
5:49AM
2.17
6:45PM
2.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:09AM
0.58
11:34PM
0.65
11:50AM
0.56
12:13AM
0.71
12:35PM
0.58
12:51AM
0.76
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Mon
06
Sunrise--7:52-------7:54-------7:54-----
Sunset-----7:22-------7:21-------7:19--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------1112321111----
Temp. °C161515202320191716161211111010101111111112121212
Feels °C (?)15131217191614131312778887989910101011
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