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

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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 beginners: 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 beginner 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.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate

Spot

Mon 19

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Frasers4.2 kmabout 10 min by carIntermediate and up

3 ft64 kJ

3 ft34 kJ

4 ft76 kJ

3 ft67 kJ

3 ft56 kJ

3 ft43 kJ

3 ft36 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Frasers, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	12, poor	3 ft6 smushy	64kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 17 knots	15°C
Tue 20Oct	27, too small	3 ft5 smushy	34kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 2 knots, offshore	15°C
Wed 21Oct	23, poor	4 ft6 smushy	76kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 15 knots	16°C
Thu 22Oct	15, poor	3 ft6 smushy	67kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 22 knots	16°C
Fri 23Oct	30, poor	3 ft5 smushy	56kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 4 knots	17°C
Sat 24Oct	13, too small	3 ft6 smushy	43kJ	wind from the north-west, 16 knots	17°C
Sun 25Oct	13, too small	3 ft5 smushy	36kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 11 knots	15°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.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate

Spot

Mon 19

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Fences24.3 kmabout 45 min by carIntermediate and up

2 ft69 kJ

2 ft29 kJ

3 ft52 kJ

4 ft117 kJ

3 ft57 kJ

3 ft54 kJ

3 ft49 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Fences, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	17, too small	2 ft9 ssoft	69kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 14 knots	15°C
Tue 20Oct	22, too small	2 ft5 smushy	29kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 1 knot	14°C
Wed 21Oct	32, poor	3 ft5 smushy	52kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 10 knots	15°C
Thu 22Oct	12, poor	4 ft7 smushy	117kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 23 knots	15°C
Fri 23Oct	33, poor	3 ft5 smushy	57kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 3 knots	15°C
Sat 24Oct	14, too small	3 ft6 smushy	54kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 23 knots	15°C
Sun 25Oct	21, poor	3 ft5 smushy	49kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 13 knots	15°C

Pātea, New Zealand