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Patiti Point surf break

Patiti Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 15 Jan 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
16.3° C
 (Which is 2.5°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 2AM is: 0.7m 5s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Afternoon (16 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Evening (16 Jan)3ft (0.9m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSE
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
1.5
SE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.3
SE
0.9
ESE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
SE
Period(s) (?)1455555577788888888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2029222223253247547881113262103103170210109959586889072
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
ENE
15
ENE
20
E
20
E
20
ESE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
S
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:01PM
2.07
2:22AM
2.10
2:30PM
2.11
3:01AM
2.13
3:00PM
2.14
3:40AM
2.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:11PM
0.72
8:44AM
0.76
8:51PM
0.70
9:22AM
0.78
9:27PM
0.70
9:59AM
0.78
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise-----6:09-------6:11-------6:11--
Sunset-9:17-------9:17-------9:16------
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light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
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Rain (mm)
3265445211211-----------
Temp. °C151413131313131313121212121212131313121212121213
Feels °C (?)11101010109910108888879101091010101010
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