Paturau River Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.62° S 172.48° E

Paturau River 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Paturau River sea temperature is
14.0°C
1.0° 

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 (06 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 17s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 16s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 16s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Paturau River at 1PM is: 3.5m 17s primary swell from a West direction and 2.1m 7s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)11ft (3.5m)17s
Afternoon (06 Sep)10ft (3.0m)16s
Evening (06 Sep)13ft (4.0m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 73mm), heaviest during Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Sun afternoon, min 8°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the ESE on Mon morning, calm by Mon night).

Sunday
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
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
0
0
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2
2
3
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
0
2
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
W
16
3.5
W
17
3.5
W
17
3.5
W
17
3
W
16
2.5
WSW
16
4
WNW
16
2.5
W
16
2.3
WSW
16
2.1
WSW
15
1.8
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
15
1.5
WSW
14
1.4
WSW
14
1.4
WSW
14
1.5
WSW
14
1.5
WSW
13
1.5
WSW
13
1.4
WSW
13
1.4
WSW
13
0.9
WSW
12
1.3
WSW
12
1.3
WSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
6324
5906
6104
6403
4266
3619
7559
3142
2429
1976
1367
1045
899
778
756
813
732
721
623
614
263
444
437
Wind (km/h)
20
W
25
WNW
25
NW
20
NNW
30
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
10
NNW
10
NE
35
ESE
40
ESE
45
ESE
35
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SE
5
SE
0
NW
10
WNW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
4:34AM2.20m
5:12PM2.23m
5:52AM2.26m
6:27PM2.38m
7:01AM2.41m
7:29PM2.57m
Low Tide
10:50AM0.57m
11:36PM0.44m
12:11PM0.46m
00:47AM0.26m
1:16PM0.26m
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
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part cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:47
6:45
6:43
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:09
6:10
6:12
 mm
1
1
1
3
10
12
8
9
9
7
4
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
13
13
13
13
14
14
14
14
14
10
9
8
8
8
8
8
9
9
10
12
11
11
10
Feels °C
9
9
8
9
9
10
10
13
13
3
0
-1
1
2
3
4
7
8
8
9
8
9
8
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