Paturau River Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.62° S 172.48° E

Paturau River 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 23 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Paturau River sea temperature is
13.6°C
0.6° 

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 (23 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Aug, local time) - 15ft (4.5m), 10s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Aug, local time) - 15ft (4.5m), 11s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Aug, local time) - 15ft (4.5m), 12s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Paturau River at 11AM is: 5.0m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Aug)15ft (4.5m)10s
Afternoon (23 Aug)15ft (4.5m)11s
Evening (23 Aug)15ft (4.5m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Very mild (max 13°C on Mon afternoon, min 10°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the W on Sun morning, light winds from the W by Tue night).

Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
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
0
0
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
WNW
8
4.5
WNW
9
4.5
WNW
10
5
W
11
4.5
W
11
4.5
W
12
4.5
W
12
5
W
13
4.5
W
14
4
W
15
4
W
15
3.5
W
15
3.5
W
15
3.5
W
15
3.5
W
15
3
WSW
15
3
W
15
2.2
WSW
15
2.5
W
15
2.5
WSW
15
2.4
WSW
14
1.5
WSW
14
2.3
WSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1322
3319
4090
5155
4814
5438
6520
8284
8681
7731
6550
5953
5270
4767
4491
3716
3475
2001
2753
2512
2252
886
1984
Wind (km/h)
40
NW
50
NW
45
W
45
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
30
W
30
W
25
W
20
W
20
W
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
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
High Tide
5:54AM2.04m
6:27PM2.08m
6:54AM2.15m
7:23PM2.24m
7:45AM2.29m
8:07PM2.41m
Low Tide
12:13PM0.82m
00:45AM0.75m
1:13PM0.69m
1:37AM0.61m
2:00PM0.53m
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:07
7:07
7:05
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:57
5:58
5:59
 mm
3
5
2
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
13
14
12
12
11
11
11
11
11
10
12
12
13
12
11
11
12
12
13
13
13
13
12
Feels °C
6
5
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
4
6
6
7
6
6
6
6
7
7
7
7
9
8
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