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Paturau River surf break

Paturau River surfForecast / Nelson – West Coast / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 25 Dec 2025 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
16.4° 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 6AM is: 1.7m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am December 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Dec)5ft (1.6m)10s
Afternoon (25 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)17s
Evening (25 Dec)6ft (1.9m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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0
0
0
!
!
!
!
!
!
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1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
W
1.7
W
0.9
W
1
W
1
W
1.8
W
1.9
W
2
W
3
WNW
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
2
W
Period(s) (?)10101010181817101111814141515151414141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9196805525735046065966938509359782507250726504082407239073508288523802135175614201278
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
25
NW
30
WNW
20
W
20
W
20
W
25
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
15
W
20
WNW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:37AM
2.49
1:53PM
2.55
2:22AM
2.42
2:39PM
2.49
3:11AM
2.36
3:31PM
2.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:26PM
0.35
7:44AM
0.37
8:11PM
0.33
8:29AM
0.38
9:00PM
0.32
9:20AM
0.39
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunrise---5:56-------5:56-------5:58----
Sunset-------9:01-------9:01-------9:01
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------1113921--111------
Temp. °C141414141617171716171715151716151413121215171716
Feels °C (?)991011131414141314131212131111101091012141312
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