Patiti Point surf break

Patiti Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am 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
16.6° C
(Which is 2.6°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 1PM is: 0.6m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)5s
Afternoon (27 Feb)2ft (0.6m)5s
Evening (27 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)5s

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


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Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Mon
02
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.6
S
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
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.5
S
1.2
SSE
2.1
S
1.3
SSE
2.5
S
2.5
S
Period(s) (?)5555555999988881381212588815
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)117717710109888877516615757850120910103148
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
WSW
0
WSW
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
ENE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
10
E
15
ESE
10
ESE
0
NNE
5
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
15
S
30
SSE
25
SSW
35
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:37PM
2.23
1:15AM
2.48
1:34PM
2.31
2:14AM
2.53
2:26PM
2.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:39AM
0.79
6:49PM
0.66
7:34AM
0.72
7:45PM
0.60
8:24AM
0.68
8:38PM
0.53
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Mon
02
Sunrise--7:07-------7:09-------7:11-----
Sunset-----8:25-------8:23-------8:22--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------------12---
Temp. °C101011121212121110101114151514131212141111141110
Feels °C (?)8810109998889111213141211111155643
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