Patiti Point surf break

Patiti Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 23 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 2.2°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 4PM is: 0.4m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)2ft (0.6m)7s
Afternoon (23 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Evening (23 Feb)2ft (0.6m)5s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.7
E
1
NE
0.5
E
0.5
S
0.8
SSE
1.4
S
0.6
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
E
0.6
E
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
Period(s) (?)76645511566111111101010101055661110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)271991747136526130241930292625252516243741261817
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
20
NE
25
ENE
15
NE
15
N
10
NNW
35
S
20
S
15
SSE
10
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
N
15
NNE
15
NE
25
ENE
20
NE
10
NNW
10
WSW
20
S
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:23AM
2.00
9:24PM
2.15
9:23AM
2.00
10:27PM
2.22
10:27AM
2.05
11:26PM
2.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:52PM
0.55
3:24AM
0.79
3:49PM
0.61
4:25AM
0.86
4:49PM
0.66
5:36AM
0.86
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise--------7:03-------7:05-------
Sunset---8:31-------8:30-------8:29----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121616181619161414141513131110101218212118181414
Feels °C (?)812111614161010111111910877815171817151113
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