Patiti Point surf break

Patiti Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 24 Feb 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
16.4° C
(Which is 2.3°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 4PM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Afternoon (24 Feb)4ft (1.2m)6s
Evening (24 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
S
1.2
S
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.7
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
E
1.1
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.1
S
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)66111111101010101056661110108566555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11111330302936252516162450443819173520594780171111
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
15
NE
25
ENE
25
NE
10
NNW
10
W
0
WNW
5
S
25
S
30
S
30
S
20
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:23AM
2.00
10:27PM
2.22
10:27AM
2.05
11:26PM
2.32
11:34AM
2.13
12:21AM
2.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:49PM
0.61
4:25AM
0.86
4:49PM
0.66
5:36AM
0.86
5:50PM
0.68
6:39AM
0.79
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise--------7:05-------7:07-------
Sunset---8:30-------8:29-------8:27----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------13211--
Temp. °C151414131311101012182121181918171512111110101010
Feels °C (?)1210101010877915171716161716116577898
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