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Paturau River surf break

Paturau River surfForecast / Nelson – West Coast / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 29 Jan 2026 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
17.9° 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 1PM is: 0.4m 18s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)18s
Afternoon (29 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)18s
Evening (29 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sun
01
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
WSW
1
WSW
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
1.5
WSW
0.6
W
1.4
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.1
WSW
2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
Period(s) (?)13101818185166615151511111113111112126666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)951831559999113190132821161571571832183943311631573331059339363347309
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
W
30
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
10
S
10
E
5
ENE
0
NW
15
W
20
W
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:58AM
2.35
7:33PM
2.43
8:08AM
2.50
8:40PM
2.56
9:09AM
2.68
9:38PM
2.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:17PM
0.38
1:52AM
0.38
2:25PM
0.23
2:56AM
0.23
3:24PM
0.05
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sun
01
Sunrise-6:31-------6:33-------6:35------
Sunset-----8:52-------8:51-------8:50--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151518201918151516151819201815141413182020181513
Feels °C (?)121114161413101115141820181611101091314141296
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