Paturau River Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.62° S 172.48° E

Paturau River 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 05 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Paturau River sea temperature is
13.2°C
0.1° 

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 (05 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 13s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 13s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Paturau River at 9PM is: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 19s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Oct)--
Afternoon (05 Oct)4ft (1.2m)13s
Evening (05 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 15°C on Wed afternoon, min 7°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Mon
5
Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
WSW
13
1.2
WSW
13
1.1
WSW
13
1.2
WSW
14
1.2
WSW
16
1.3
WSW
17
1.3
WSW
17
1.3
WSW
16
1.3
WSW
16
1.2
WSW
16
1.1
WSW
16
1.2
WSW
16
1.2
WSW
16
1.2
WSW
17
1.2
WSW
17
1.1
WSW
17
1.1
WSW
16
1.1
WSW
16
1.1
WSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
454
447
384
490
645
896
907
813
813
768
644
758
758
857
898
745
669
653
644
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
10
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
W
20
WSW
25
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
W
10
W
10
WSW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
6:05PM2.30m
6:43AM2.28m
7:14PM2.42m
7:46AM2.39m
8:11PM2.57m
Low Tide
00:28AM0.40m
12:59PM0.44m
1:32AM0.25m
1:59PM0.27m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
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Temp °C
12
11
8
8
7
7
11
12
12
10
8
8
9
9
13
14
15
13
12
Feels °C
9
9
5
4
3
2
7
7
7
5
3
3
4
5
9
10
12
11
11
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