Patons Rock surf break

Patons Rock surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 01 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
18.5° C
(Which is 1.4°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 3PM is: 0.3m 4s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 01). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)4s
Afternoon (01 Apr)1ft (0.3m)4s
Evening (01 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)4s

Table - waves today at Patons Rock. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
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 (?)
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
E
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
N
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.5
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.7
NW
0.6
NW
0.3
WNW
0.5
NW
Period(s) (?)444443314141414---515143444444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)67331110000000000421291711310
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
5
ENE
5
NE
0
NNE
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SW
0
W
10
NNE
10
NNE
0
WNW
5
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
15
WNW
15
W
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
onglasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:57AM
5.00
10:15PM
4.90
10:31AM
5.08
10:51PM
5.01
11:03AM
5.08
11:24PM
5.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:00PM
0.51
4:18AM
0.57
4:34PM
0.46
4:48AM
0.53
5:05PM
0.49
5:17AM
0.58
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise--------7:43-------7:45-------
Sunset---7:22-------7:20-------7:19----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141414141312111114171715141312121621211714141415
Feels °C (?)13131314131110914161616141311111517171412121214
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