Patiti Point surf break

Patiti Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 30 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
16.2° C
(Which is 3.4°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: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (30 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (30 Mar)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
0
0
1
4
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.7
ESE
0.7
E
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
1.3
S
1.2
SSE
1.7
SSE
2.3
S
1.8
S
0.9
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
Period(s) (?)1212161611111111121514881411111111111414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)186106193135133121959348561011306654183281151151199290208228196178175
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
10
SSW
20
SSE
10
SE
15
NNE
15
N
5
NNW
5
SW
20
SSE
35
S
30
SSW
10
WNW
15
NNW
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
5
NW
5
W
5
NNW
10
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
10
N
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrossoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:03AM
2.47
2:22PM
2.22
3:02AM
2.43
3:12PM
2.18
3:51AM
2.35
3:59PM
2.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:12AM
0.65
8:28PM
0.53
9:01AM
0.64
9:18PM
0.51
9:47AM
0.63
10:07PM
0.54
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
Sunrise--7:48-------7:48-------7:50-----
Sunset-----7:30-------7:28-------7:25--
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141413131414121213991011111098881216161615
Feels °C (?)121310111111111191177766566912121413
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