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Pataua Surf Photo: 'Pataua North - Josh' by Jo Sumpter

Lat Long: 35.71° S 174.53° E

Issued: 5 am 21 Jun 2026 (local time)

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Today's Pataua sea temperature is

17.5° C

1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year

Pataua surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	ENE	ENE	N	NNE
	8 s	cross- on	8 s	10 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 9 January at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Pataua around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	ENE		ENE	N
	8 s	cross- on		8 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 9 January at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Pataua around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	ENE		ENE	N
	8 s	on		8 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 9 January at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Pataua around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	ENE		ENE	N
	8 s	on		8 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 9 January at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Pataua around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	NE		ENE	ENE
	8 s	on		8 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 9 January at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Pataua around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	NE		ENE	N
	8 s	glass		8 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 10 January at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Pataua around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	ESE		ENE	N
	8 s	glass		8 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 10 January at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Pataua around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	SW		ENE	N
	9 s	glass		9 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 10 January at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Pataua around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	S		ENE	N
	9 s	cross- off		9 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 10 January at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Pataua around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	SE	S	ENE	NNE
	9 s	cross	2 s	9 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 10 January at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Pataua around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	ENE		ENE	NNW
	9 s	cross- on		9 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 10 January at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Pataua around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	N		ENE	NNW
	9 s	cross- on		9 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 10 January at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Pataua around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	W		ENE	NNW
	9 s	glass		9 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 10 January at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Pataua around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	SW		ENE	N
	9 s	glass		8 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 11 January at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Pataua around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	SSW		ENE	N
	8 s	cross- off		8 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 11 January at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Pataua around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	SSW	S	ENE	N
	8 s	cross- off	2 s	8 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 11 January at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Pataua around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	S	S	ENE	S
	8 s	glass	3 s	8 s	2 s

Open ocean wave model on 11 January at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Pataua around the time the photo was taken

Image captured One hour and 27 minutes before high water (rising ordinary tide). Tide height was 1.8m (5.9 ft). Range 2.52m (8.3 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Pataua Surf Photo: 'Pataua North - Josh' by Jo Sumpter

Pataua North - Josh Surfing Jan 2015

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User: Jo Sumpter (1 photo)

Country: New Zealand (2470 photos)

Photo taken at: 10:11 am 10 Jan 2015