Patiti Point surf break

Patiti Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 17 Apr 2026 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
14.8° C
(Which is 2.9°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 10PM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)--
Afternoon (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)5s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SE
0.3
ESE
0.8
NE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.2
E
0.3
E
0.6
SSE
0.7
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.3
E
1.1
SE
1.6
SE
Period(s) (?)9135131366612121212441111555551167
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)403434333220141414131111111692016227853412183248
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
15
NNW
15
N
5
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
S
25
SSW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
35
SSE
40
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:07PM
2.21
3:24AM
2.25
4:02PM
2.25
4:09AM
2.24
4:59PM
2.31
5:00AM
2.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:18PM
0.33
9:42AM
0.38
10:15PM
0.37
10:37AM
0.42
11:13PM
0.43
11:31AM
0.48
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise------7:11-------7:13-------7:13-
Sunset5:57-------5:54-------5:53-------
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------------19------23
Temp. °C18151212121114181814111010111191010101010101212
Feels °C (?)151181098914151077666455666555
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