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Paturau River surfForecast / Nelson – West Coast / New Zealand
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Paturau River surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Paturau River sea temperature is
17.4° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Paturau River today?
The current surf forecast for Paturau River at 7AM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 1.7m 9s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore and the swell rating is 11.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (19 Apr) | 8ft (2.5m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (19 Apr) | 8ft (2.5m) | 14s |
| Evening (19 Apr) | 10ft (3.0m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Paturau River. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Wave (?)Graph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1462 | 1728 | 1755 | 2101 | 2595 | 3185 | 3042 | 3269 | 3249 | 2980 | 3116 | 2123 | 1510 | 1074 | 810 | 591 | 603 | 210 | 271 | 179 | 142 | 193 | 183 | 193 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross | off | cross- on | cross | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 10:14PM 2.93 | 10:35AM 2.98 | 10:58PM 2.91 | 11:24AM 2.89 | 11:47PM 2.81 | 12:19PM 2.73 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 4:22AM -0.28 | 4:47PM -0.23 | 5:08AM -0.19 | 5:36PM -0.07 | 6:00AM -0.03 | |||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 19 | Monday 20 | Tuesday 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 7:03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:05 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:53 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:51 | - |
Rain (mm) | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 7 | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 |
| Feels °C (?) | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 |
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