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 5 pm Monday 15 Sep 2025 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 10.1° C
(Which is 1.1°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 8PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (15 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Evening (15 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s

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

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	Monday 15			Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	ESE	NE	ESE	ESE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	E	ENE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	13	14	14	14	14	11	4	11	11	5	5	6	6	6	7	6	9	9	10	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	31	21	15	17	18	18	36	18	13	16	12	11	13	42	31	42	23	23	41	8	8	4	9	8
Wind (km/h)	NW	NW	NW	WNW	W	NW	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNW	NW	N	N	N	NW	NW	SSE	NNW	NNW	WNW	WSW	WNW	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				10:19PM 2.19				10:34AM 2.44				11:20PM 2.29				11:31AM 2.43					12:15AM 2.34
Low Tide / height (m)		3:51PM 0.59				4:18AM 0.76				4:57PM 0.59				5:20AM 0.76				5:55PM 0.58					6:18AM 0.71

	Monday 15			Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-
Sunset	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	13	9	9	9	9	9	11	12	13	12	15	12	12	17	19	17	13	11	9	10	10	13	15
Feels °C (?)	11	8	4	5	5	7	6	7	7	9	7	10	8	8	11	14	13	11	10	5	4	8	8	10

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Canterbury

Wind Update Offshore wind has become very light (calm at Marchwiel wx 6 km from Patiti Point). Surf should be turning clean at Patiti Point. 0.6m 8s swell from the SE with a 0.4m 8s swell, also from the SE and a 0.2m 11s groundswell, also from the E. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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Actual: 40 min ago

2 km/h

NNE

Clean

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