Paturau River Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.62° S 172.48° E

Paturau River 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 12 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Paturau River sea temperature is
13.4° C
0.4° 

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 (13 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 10s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 11s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 17s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Paturau River at 5AM is: 1.8m 8s primary swell from a North direction and 1.3m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.7m 18s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm August 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Afternoon (13 Aug)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (13 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)17s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 16mm), heaviest on Wed night. Very mild (max 14°C on Thu afternoon, min 10°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
13
Friday
14
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)
2
2
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
N
8
1.8
N
8
1.9
N
8
1.8
N
8
1.4
WNW
10
1.7
WNW
12
1.5
WNW
11
1
W
17
1.1
WSW
17
1.1
WSW
16
1.1
WSW
16
1.1
WSW
16
1.1
WSW
15
0.9
WSW
14
1
WSW
15
1.1
WSW
16
1.4
WSW
19
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
396
387
432
358
385
761
591
603
745
653
636
644
581
371
462
620
1421
Wind (km/h)
15
ENE
15
ESE
15
E
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
0
ENE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
NE
5
WNW
10
WSW
10
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
glassy
off
off
off
off
off
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross
cross
High Tide
9:23PM2.95m
9:51AM2.87m
10:09PM3.02m
10:34AM2.89m
Low Tide
3:37AM-0.26m
3:59PM-0.22m
4:23AM-0.32m
4:42PM-0.25m
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:22
7:20
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:46
5:47
 mm
2
2
3
5
3
1
Temp °C
11
11
11
12
12
13
14
12
12
11
11
11
12
14
14
12
12
Feels °C
8
8
8
10
10
12
14
11
11
9
9
9
11
13
13
10
10
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Paturau River surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest