Porpoise Bay Surf Forecast

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Porpoise Bay Surf Forecast / Catlins / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 25 Jan 2022 NZDT

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

Today's Porpoise Bay sea temperature is 16.1 °C (Statistics for 25 Jan 1981-2005 - mean: 12.7 max: 14.3 min: 10.9 °C)

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

Today's Porpoise Bay sea temperature is 16.1 °C (Statistics for 25 Jan 1981-2005 - mean: 12.7 max: 14.3 min: 10.9 °C)

Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Catlins

Wind Update Still cross-shore at Porpoise Bay (fresh winds from the W at Ruapuke Island 46 km from Porpoise Bay).
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46 km away, 46 min ago

31 km/h

12.0

16.1

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How big are the waves at Porpoise Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Porpoise Bay at 12AM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 25). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (26 Jan)	4.5ft (1.3m)	10s
Afternoon (26 Jan)	4.5ft (1.3m)	11s
Evening (26 Jan)	7.5ft (2.3m)	11s

Table - waves today at Porpoise Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
Period(s) (?)
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Energy (?)
Wind (km/h)
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)





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Rain (mm)
Temp. °C
Chill °C (?)
Sunrise
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Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26								Thursday 27								Friday 28								Saturday 29								Sunday 30								Monday 31								Tuesday 01								Wed 02
4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM


SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	S	SW	SSE	S	S	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW
10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	9	11	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	16	14

302	275	369	416	459	286	314	382	451	1282	1100	2071	1648	1503	802	551	450	450	403	349	250	233	198	168	137	140	97	82	82	89	89	84	66	196	244	260	269	202	202	157	152	149	188	360	448	428	518	499	582	612	604	996	956	826	690	536	437	382	740	638
WNW	W	NW	NNW	NW	NW	SW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	NNE	NNE	ENE	ESE	ESE	E	ENE	NE	NW	NW	NW	WSW	SSW	NE	NNW	NNW	WNW	NW	NNW	NW	WSW	S	NE	N	NNW	NW	WNW	WNW	WSW	SSW	NE	NNE	N	N	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	WNW
cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	glass	glass	off	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass
		8:51PM 1.95				9:23AM 1.94				9:55PM 1.98					10:26AM 1.96				11:02PM 2.05				11:30AM 2.02				12:06AM 2.15				12:31PM 2.11					1:07AM 2.26				1:29PM 2.21				2:03AM 2.37				2:24PM 2.31				2:57AM 2.44				3:15PM 2.38
2:37PM 0.49				3:08AM 0.46				3:38PM 0.46					4:12AM 0.45				4:42PM 0.40				5:19AM 0.41				5:45PM 0.31				6:22AM 0.33				6:46PM 0.19					7:21AM 0.23				7:44PM 0.07				8:16AM 0.15				8:38PM -0.03				9:08AM 0.09				9:30PM -0.07
Note: the tide data above is for Dinner Plates which is 3 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Porpoise Bay.New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph Offshore winds at Porpoise Bay blow from the N

Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26								Thursday 27								Friday 28								Saturday 29								Sunday 30								Monday 31								Tuesday 01								Wed 02
4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM

cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
16	16	13	11	12	11	12	11	12	12	10	10	11	10	11	12	12	11	9	8	8	7	10	13	15	16	14	14	12	11	14	19	20	17	15	15	14	14	12	17	19	16	15	16	16	15	15	18	19	19	18	17	16	16	18	20	21	20	17	14
15	15	12	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	6	7	8	7	8	10	10	9	8	8	7	6	10	12	14	15	13	14	11	9	13	19	20	17	14	15	14	14	11	17	19	16	15	16	16	15	14	18	19	19	18	17	16	16	18	20	21	20	17	14
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