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Paturau River surf break

Paturau River surfForecast / Nelson – West Coast / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 01 Apr 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
18.3° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than 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: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Afternoon (01 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Evening (01 Apr)4ft (1.2m)13s

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

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Tuesday
01
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.6
NW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
2
NNW
2.5
N
3
N
3
N
3
N
3.5
N
4
N
4
N
4
N
3.5
N
2.5
N
2.4
N
3.5
N
3
N
2.5
N
1.8
W
2.3
N
1.9
N
1.6
N
1.3
NNW
0.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1.4
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
2.1
NNW
2
NNW
2
NNW
2.1
NNW
2.3
NNW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
5
W
Period(s) (?)13131413131313121414151616161610101010109101099999910151010101014813131111121514141414888810111211119101014
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)577595604595586475475694534642687679688688582732127716901668185821292756289125861770106488816101562134514421152716490348331402144512757996264883554498343462694815115115601004143216171684158616763072282310323
Wind
(km/h)
0
SW
0
SE
10
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
10
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
E
25
ESE
20
E
25
E
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
E
20
E
25
NE
25
ENE
30
NE
35
NNE
35
NNE
25
NNE
10
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
10
SSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
5
SW
5
N
20
NNE
25
NE
15
WNW
15
NW
20
N
25
NE
25
SSE
10
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
10
W
10
NNW
20
N
35
NW
30
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassonglasscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crossglasscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crossoffcrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:29PM
2.98
12:53AM
2.84
1:21PM
2.78
1:46AM
2.66
2:22PM
2.54
2:47AM
2.46
3:32PM
2.33
3:59AM
2.29
4:46PM
2.20
5:17AM
2.20
5:59PM
2.16
6:32AM
2.23
7:07PM
2.20
7:36AM
2.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:15AM
-0.35
6:42PM
-0.24
7:04AM
-0.15
7:33PM
0.02
8:01AM
0.09
8:31PM
0.30
9:08AM
0.34
9:39PM
0.54
10:25AM
0.53
10:57PM
0.69
11:41AM
0.61
12:14AM
0.71
12:52PM
0.58
1:21AM
0.62
Tuesday
01
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Sunrise--7:43-------7:45-------7:46-------7:47-------7:48-------7:48-------7:50-------7:50-
Sunset-----7:22-------7:21-------7:20-------7:17-------7:16-------7:15-------7:13------
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Rain (mm)
-----1-----22361016181017292211825845-------------13222247-------1372
Temp. °C151517191817161616161616151414151516161617181818181818181918171616151618181614141415161615151514141416181716141415161615
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