Paturau River surf break

Paturau River surfForecast / Nelson – West Coast / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 01 Feb 2026 NZDT
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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
18.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Paturau River today?

The current surf forecast for Paturau River at 8AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a North direction, 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (01 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (01 Feb)3ft (0.9m)12s

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

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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.4
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
2.3
NW
3
WNW
4.5
WNW
5
WNW
Period(s) (?)6661111111111121212121212121212121111791312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)295261249193193197200494211215215215215215215156156153180176589154772847089
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
20
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
5
W
0
NNE
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
NW
35
NW
35
NW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassonononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:38PM
2.70
10:01AM
2.84
10:29PM
2.80
10:49AM
2.95
11:15PM
2.85
11:32AM
2.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:51AM
0.07
4:15PM
-0.09
4:39AM
-0.06
5:02PM
-0.18
5:23AM
-0.13
5:45PM
-0.19
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise---6:35-------6:37-------6:37----
Sunset-------8:49-------8:47-------8:46
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------------------521234
Temp. °C141313131719191715141414181819191718181515151617
Feels °C (?)8668141515141210101115161818172015101091015
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