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Patons Rock surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand
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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
18.5° C
(Which is 1.3°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 6PM is: 0.8m 5s primary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 28). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (28 Mar) | - | - |
| Afternoon (28 Mar) | - | - |
| Evening (28 Mar) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 5s |
Table - waves today at Patons Rock. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Saturday 28 | Sunday 29 | Monday 30 | Tuesday 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Wave (?)Graph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | on | on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | glass | glass | glass | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 6:56PM 3.93 | 7:52AM 4.26 | 8:01PM 4.18 | 8:41AM 4.58 | 8:53PM 4.47 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 12:56PM 1.43 | 1:13AM 1.54 | 1:57PM 1.13 | 2:19AM 1.25 | 2:45PM 0.85 | 3:06AM 0.95 | ||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 28 | Sunday 29 | Monday 30 | Tuesday 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 7:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:24 | - | - | - | - |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 18 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| Feels °C (?) | 19 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
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