Paturau River Surf Forecast

/ Nelson – West Coast (6 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Paturau River surfForecast / Nelson – West Coast / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 NZST

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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 13.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Paturau River today?

The current surf forecast for Paturau River at 6AM is: 3.0m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.5m 11s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Sep)	10ft (3.0m)	13s
Afternoon (19 Sep)	8ft (2.5m)	13s
Evening (19 Sep)	8ft (2.4m)	12s

Table - waves today at Paturau River. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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		Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	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
Rating (10 max)	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WSW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW
Period(s) (?)	11	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	6	7	8	9	10	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	2344	3943	3569	3151	3078	2561	2059	2083	1721	1401	1256	1013	773	639	483	449	232	164	396	994	2245	3845	5801	6416
Wind (km/h)	WSW	SW	SW	SSW	NE	NE	NNE	NW	W	WSW	WSW	SW	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	7:24PM 2.47				7:50AM 2.44				8:10PM 2.60				8:33AM 2.55				8:49PM 2.69					9:09AM 2.62
Low Tide / height (m)			1:37AM 0.30				2:00PM 0.29				2:22AM 0.17				2:41PM 0.15				3:00AM 0.06					3:17PM 0.05

		Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	7	13	20
Temp. °C	11	10	9	8	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	7	10	11	12	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	14
Feels °C (?)	4	4	4	4	5	5	7	7	6	6	5	5	8	8	8	7	9	8	8	7	7	8	9	7

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Nelson - West Coast

Wind Update Still cross-shore at Paturau River (light winds from the SW at FarewellSpitAws 45 km from Paturau River). 2.4m 13s groundswell from the WSW with a 1.4m 10s swell from the NW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
48 minutes ago Paturau River

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45 km away, 48 min ago

17 km/h

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13.9

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