Paturau River Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.62° S 172.48° E

Paturau River 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Paturau River sea temperature is
13.7°C
0.8° 

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 (01 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Sep, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 13s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Sep, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 13s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 14s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Paturau River at 6PM is: 3.5m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 22s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Sep)13ft (4.0m)13s
Afternoon (01 Sep)13ft (4.0m)13s
Evening (01 Sep)11ft (3.5m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 24mm), heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu morning, min 11°C on Tue morning). Mainly strong winds.

Tue
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
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
!
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4
WSW
13
4
WSW
13
4
WSW
13
3.5
WSW
13
3.5
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
14
2.3
W
14
2.2
W
14
1.3
WSW
15
1.1
WSW
15
2.2
W
8
2.3
W
8
2.3
W
9
2.1
W
10
2.3
W
14
1.8
WSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
6136
5595
5081
4820
4324
3506
2895
2895
2895
2287
2220
2035
1977
669
485
573
737
780
826
2197
1340
Wind (km/h)
35
WSW
35
SW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
W
30
W
25
W
25
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
High Tide
11:57AM2.70m
00:15AM2.73m
12:38PM2.59m
1:00AM2.57m
1:26PM2.44m
Low Tide
6:05PM0.04m
6:30AM0.06m
6:48PM0.16m
7:16AM0.22m
7:40PM0.31m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:54
6:52
6:50
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:05
6:06
6:07
 mm
1
1
2
2
1
1
2
1
Temp °C
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
12
14
14
13
13
13
13
14
14
15
14
14
13
Feels °C
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
4
4
7
9
8
8
9
9
10
11
12
11
11
10
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