Patiti Point Surf Forecast

/ Canterbury (28 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (44.42° S 171.27° E)

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Patiti Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 14 Sep 2025 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 10.2° C
(Which is 1.3°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 10AM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 1.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Sep)	10ft (3.0m)	9s
Afternoon (14 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	9s
Evening (14 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s

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

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	Sunday 14							Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wed 17
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM
Rating (10 max)	4	0	4	4	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	S	S	S	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	ESE	ESE	ESE	NE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	14	14	14	12	12	11	5
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	878	815	1473	1199	154	118	93	74	57	55	42	32	31	22	15	9	18	18	36	18	15	27	25	28
Wind (km/h)	W	SSW	WSW	ESE	E	NNE	N	NNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	WNW	NNW	NW	WNW	W	NW	NNE	NE	NE	N	NW	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:36AM 2.38					9:13PM 2.09				9:37AM 2.41				10:19PM 2.19				10:34AM 2.44				11:20PM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)	2:06AM 0.63				2:46PM 0.55					3:11AM 0.72				3:51PM 0.59				4:18AM 0.76				4:57PM 0.59

	Sunday 14							Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wed 17
Sunrise	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	4	6	7	10	11	9	6	6	6	6	9	16	16	13	9	8	9	10	10	14	17	17	14	13
Feels °C (?)	-1	-2	3	8	7	5	1	2	2	2	4	12	11	8	4	4	6	8	6	10	14	14	10	9

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Canterbury

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Patiti Point (light winds from the NNW at Marchwiel wx 6 km from Patiti Point). 3.1m 9s swell from the SSW which is too big for here.
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6 km/h

NNW

Clean

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