Patiti Point surf break

Patiti Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 05 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
16.3° C
(Which is 3.9°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 11PM is: 0.2m 14s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)--
Afternoon (05 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Evening (05 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)14s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.2
SSE
0.4
ESE
0.2
SSE
0.4
ESE
1
E
0.9
ENE
1.1
E
0.7
E
1.2
E
1.4
ENE
1
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
Period(s) (?)15151414551351255556677788991011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)232120192524171015115838713010618093212253266245274410467
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
NE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
SE
5
ENE
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
N
10
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
20
NE
10
N
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:45PM
2.04
5:29AM
2.20
6:33PM
1.98
6:23AM
2.19
7:32PM
1.95
7:33AM
2.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:51PM
0.76
12:23PM
0.63
12:32AM
0.82
1:16PM
0.72
1:19AM
0.90
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise------6:56-------6:58-------7:00-
Sunset-6:17-------6:15-------6:14------
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
11---------------112----
Temp. °C111212111111111213131313131313151616141413121418
Feels °C (?)9101010101010111213131313131213131191112101215
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