Patons Rock surf break

Patons Rock surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 11 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
18.1° C
(Which is 1.5°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 11AM is: 0.3m 4s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 11). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)1ft (0.3m)3s
Afternoon (11 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)4s
Evening (11 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)4s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
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 (?)
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.1
NE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.1
NE
0.2
N
0.3
N
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.4
NW
0.5
NW
0.8
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
Period(s) (?)141434444131344441313733466141616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)00231110012210001049440000
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
SSE
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
5
SW
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
glasscross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:58AM
3.60
4:10PM
3.61
4:43AM
3.55
5:26PM
3.73
6:08AM
3.83
6:30PM
3.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:30AM
2.03
10:09PM
1.90
11:05AM
1.96
11:34PM
1.73
12:16PM
1.68
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise--6:54-------6:54-------6:56-----
Sunset-----6:05-------6:02-------6:01--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------5731-----12---
Temp. °C131317191816161716161517181817151415181815141314
Feels °C (?)111116171715141515151418191917131114181614121211
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