Patea Beach, South Taranaki, New Zealand 01 — Frasers. Photo: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Pātea

Pātea is a town in Taranaki Region, New Zealand. From Pātea you can reach 2 surf spots, 1 of the surf spots more than 20 km away. The nearest is Frasers, a surf spot 4.2 km from the centre. The nearest airport is WAG, 52 km away.

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Staying in Pātea

0 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
Nearest airports: WAG, 52 km, NPL, 85 km, PMR, 116 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for experts: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Pātea. Spots further out are listed below.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for expert surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.

Spot

Sun 18

Mon 19

Tue 20

Wed 21

Thu 22

Fri 23

Sat 24

Frasers4.2 kmabout 10 min by car

2 ft57 kJ

3 ft71 kJ

3 ft34 kJ

4 ft90 kJ

5 ft156 kJ

3 ft36 kJ

3 ft55 kJ

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Frasers, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	13, too small	2 ft8 smushy	57kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 4 knots	13°C
Mon 19Oct	5, too small	3 ft6 smushy	71kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 16 knots	15°C
Tue 20Oct	10, too small	3 ft5 smushy	34kJ	wind from the north, 2 knots, offshore	15°C
Wed 21Oct	9, too small	4 ft6 smushy	90kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 18 knots	16°C
Thu 22Oct	8, too small	5 ft6 smushy	156kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 14 knots	16°C
Fri 23Oct	12, too small	3 ft5 smushy	36kJ	wind from the south-west, 4 knots	18°C
Sat 24Oct	7, too small	3 ft6 smushy	55kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 15 knots	16°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Pātea, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Further out

This spot is more than 20 km from Pātea. It is the nearest town with beds, so it stays here.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.

Spot

Sun 18

Mon 19

Tue 20

Wed 21

Thu 22

Fri 23

Sat 24

Fences24.3 kmabout 45 min by car

3 ft96 kJ

2 ft21 kJ

2 ft29 kJ

4 ft87 kJ

4 ft124 kJ

3 ft53 kJ

3 ft49 kJ

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Fences, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	17, too small	3 ft9 ssoft	96kJ	wind from the south, 4 knots	12°C
Mon 19Oct	6, too small	2 ft5 smushy	21kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 11 knots	15°C
Tue 20Oct	9, too small	2 ft5 smushy	29kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 3 knots	14°C
Wed 21Oct	7, too small	4 ft6 smushy	87kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 19 knots	15°C
Thu 22Oct	8, too small	4 ft6 smushy	124kJ	wind from the north-west, 15 knots	15°C
Fri 23Oct	11, too small	3 ft5 smushy	53kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 3 knots	16°C
Sat 24Oct	6, too small	3 ft6 smushy	49kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 16 knots	15°C

Pātea, New Zealand