Paturau River Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.62° S 172.48° E

Paturau River 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 28 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Paturau River sea temperature is
13.6°C
0.7° 

Paturau River surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Paturau River today (28 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Aug, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 10s period with NW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Aug, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 10s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Aug, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 9s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Paturau River at 8AM is: 4.0m 10s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.8m 14s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.1m 24s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Aug)13ft (4.0m)10s
Afternoon (28 Aug)13ft (4.0m)10s
Evening (28 Aug)8ft (2.5m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 28mm), heaviest during Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 13°C on Fri morning, min 8°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Fri afternoon, strong winds from the WSW by Sun afternoon).

Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
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!
!
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
NW
10
3.5
NW
10
4
NW
10
4
NNW
10
4
NNW
10
3
NW
10
2.5
NNW
9
2.1
NNW
9
1.7
NNW
9
1.5
W
9
1.8
WSW
11
1.8
WSW
10
1.9
WSW
9
1.6
WSW
9
0.7
W
19
0.8
W
18
2.3
WSW
7
0.9
W
18
1.1
W
17
3
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
8
4
WSW
8
4
WSW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1665
2464
3272
3486
2804
1823
1224
716
443
363
772
637
597
371
351
420
502
498
734
4451
1382
2081
3045
Wind (km/h)
30
N
35
N
35
N
30
NNW
25
NW
15
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
35
WSW
35
SW
25
WSW
30
WSW
40
WSW
50
WSW
45
WSW
50
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
9:40AM2.68m
9:52PM2.81m
10:13AM2.76m
10:25PM2.87m
10:47AM2.79m
Low Tide
3:30AM0.12m
3:46PM0.09m
4:04AM-0.00m
4:19PM-0.00m
4:37AM-0.08m
4:52PM-0.04m
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:01
6:58
6:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:01
6:02
6:04
 mm
1
2
8
14
4
Temp °C
13
13
13
13
13
12
11
10
9
8
10
13
13
11
10
10
10
10
13
13
13
12
11
Feels °C
7
7
7
7
9
9
6
5
3
1
4
6
6
5
3
3
3
4
7
5
4
2
1
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