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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
17.2° C
(Which is 1.0°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 1PM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 22). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (22 Apr) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 15s |
| Afternoon (22 Apr) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 14s |
| Evening (22 Apr) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Paturau River. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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 | 9 PM | 0 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 50 | 83 | 85 | 121 | 80 | 102 | 101 | 65 | 60 | 87 | 90 | 103 | 156 | 137 | 337 | 333 | 174 | 155 | 273 | 289 | 226 | 204 | 178 | 133 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- off | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 12:43AM 2.67 | 1:23PM 2.54 | 1:48AM 2.51 | 2:34PM 2.39 | 3:01AM 2.39 | 3:46PM 2.30 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 7:01AM 0.16 | 7:31PM 0.34 | 8:12AM 0.33 | 8:42PM 0.50 | 9:27AM 0.44 | 9:57PM 0.58 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 22 | Thursday 23 | Friday 24 | Sat 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 7:05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:07 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | 5:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:46 | - | - | - |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 9 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
| Feels °C (?) | 5 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 9 |
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