Paturau River Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.62° S 172.48° E

Paturau River 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Paturau River sea temperature is
13.9°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 (08 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 14s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Paturau River at 11PM is: 1.6m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 08). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)--
Afternoon (08 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)15s
Evening (08 Oct)5ft (1.5m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 19mm), heaviest on Sat night. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri afternoon, min 13°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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)
3
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
WSW
15
1.5
W
14
1.5
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
15
1.8
WSW
17
1.9
WSW
16
1.8
WSW
16
1.8
WSW
16
1.7
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
15
1.5
WSW
15
1.4
WSW
15
1.4
WSW
15
1.4
WSW
16
1.4
WSW
16
1.3
WSW
16
1.3
WSW
16
1.2
WSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
857
965
874
1035
1927
1964
1728
1643
1400
1216
1049
911
805
827
894
917
793
783
662
Wind (km/h)
15
ENE
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
15
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
E
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
8:59PM2.69m
9:23AM2.63m
9:41PM2.77m
10:03AM2.70m
Low Tide
2:48PM0.10m
3:12AM-0.03m
3:32PM-0.03m
3:53AM-0.10m
4:12PM-0.09m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
light rain
mod rain
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Temp °C
16
15
13
14
14
13
15
16
17
15
14
14
15
14
15
15
15
14
13
Feels °C
13
13
9
10
10
9
11
12
13
12
11
11
12
11
12
13
12
12
11
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