Patons Rock surf break

Patons Rock surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 02 Apr 2026 NZDT
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Patons Rock surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Patons Rock sea temperature is
18.6° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Patons Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Patons Rock at 3AM is: 0.2m 3s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 02). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
N
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.4
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.6
NW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.5
NNW
Period(s) (?)44314141414-13--151434444444544
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1110000000000320251333990128
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SW
0
W
10
NNE
10
NNE
0
WNW
5
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
15
W
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
onglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:15PM
4.90
10:31AM
5.08
10:51PM
5.01
11:03AM
5.08
11:24PM
5.04
11:34AM
5.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:18AM
0.57
4:34PM
0.46
4:48AM
0.53
5:05PM
0.49
5:17AM
0.58
5:36PM
0.59
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise----7:43-------7:45-------7:46---
Sunset-------7:20-------7:19-------7:16
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C121211111417181614131212152021171414151517202017
Feels °C (?)11111091315171614131111131617141212141416171716
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