Patiti Point surf break

Patiti Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 26 Mar 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
16.7° C
(Which is 3.7°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 9AM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a East direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Afternoon (26 Mar)4ft (1.2m)6s
Evening (26 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
4
2
!
1
!
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.6
ESE
1
E
1
E
1.3
E
1.6
E
1.7
E
1.8
E
3
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3.5
ENE
2
E
4
ENE
1.9
E
1.7
E
1.5
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1
E
1.5
E
0.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)12121265678899101010111111111111101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)29282726537115730040352115021676194130139693476872673515379288183390141
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
20
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
35
NE
30
NE
15
NNE
10
N
20
NNE
20
N
20
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
SW
5
SSW
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
ESE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:15PM
2.37
10:32AM
2.15
11:12PM
2.43
11:34AM
2.22
12:06AM
2.47
12:33PM
2.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:15AM
0.77
4:44PM
0.67
5:24AM
0.77
5:44PM
0.66
6:27AM
0.72
6:41PM
0.62
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise----7:43-------7:43-------7:45---
Sunset-------7:37-------7:35-------7:32
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----1125102--------------
Temp. °C141414141516151415151413141719181717181717181514
Feels °C (?)151313131211101010111212111416171717181716171313
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