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 12 am Thursday 16 Oct 2025 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 11.7° C
(Which is 2.2°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 6AM is: 0.1m 22s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Oct)	0.5ft (0.1m)	22s
Afternoon (16 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	4s
Evening (16 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	14s

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

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		Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ENE	E	S	S	S	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	ENE	NE	E	SSE
Period(s) (?)	4	4	22	22	22	4	4	14	14	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	5	7	7	4
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	2	3	9	9	9	21	33	38	41	61	30	30	29	27	25	25	25	25	25	24	33	226	33	17
Wind (km/h)	WNW	NW	NW	WNW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSE	N	N	N	N	N	N	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	N	NNE	NNW	SSE	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)		12:01AM 2.26				12:13PM 2.40				12:57AM 2.23					1:10PM 2.32				1:48AM 2.19				2:06PM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)				6:01AM 0.75				6:38PM 0.63				6:58AM 0.71					7:28PM 0.62				7:51AM 0.67

		Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	13	11	10	8	15	15	16	14	11	9	7	7	11	18	20	17	13	10	9	9	14	18	10	9
Feels °C (?)	8	6	6	4	11	4	8	9	8	5	3	3	7	13	16	13	8	5	4	4	10	15	4	6

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Canterbury

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Patiti Point (calm at Marchwiel wx 6 km from Patiti Point). 0.4m 5s windswell from the ENE with a 0.2m 8s swell from the SSE and a 0.1m 10s swell from the ESE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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