Porpoise Bay surf break

Porpoise Bay surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 01 Jul 2025 NZST
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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
11.0° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Porpoise Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Porpoise Bay at 6AM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm July 01). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Jul)8ft (2.5m)13s
Afternoon (02 Jul)8ft (2.5m)14s
Evening (02 Jul)8ft (2.5m)15s

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

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Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.8
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1
SW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131314141515161717161615151514141414141414141414141414141414141414141313141313131313131313131415141413131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)2820251523852275217824802759367140773837455244093860362331302613200716041656133912751452119411531284141113941395144113391236133512791136912808629607559805792712652570560452568694852133617141556133710741042834679560350313
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
E
20
E
25
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
E
35
E
25
ENE
15
E
5
E
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
15
SSW
15
SW
15
W
15
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
0
WNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
E
10
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrossglassonglassononononononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
glassglassglassoffcrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:06PM
1.97
7:29AM
1.90
7:57PM
1.88
8:23AM
1.83
8:50PM
1.82
9:18AM
1.79
9:44PM
1.78
10:14AM
1.79
10:36PM
1.78
11:07AM
1.83
11:26PM
1.81
11:55AM
1.89
12:13AM
1.86
12:40PM
1.95
12:56AM
1.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:23AM
0.47
1:46PM
0.47
2:14AM
0.52
2:38PM
0.54
3:05AM
0.56
3:30PM
0.59
3:55AM
0.58
4:21PM
0.62
4:43AM
0.58
5:10PM
0.61
5:30AM
0.55
5:58PM
0.59
6:16AM
0.51
6:43PM
0.55
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Sunrise----8:29-------8:27-------8:27-------8:27-------8:26-------8:26-------8:26-------
Sunset------5:06-------5:07-------5:07-------5:07-------5:08-------5:08-------5:09-----
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Rain (mm)
-----------------241----------1-----------------------------
Temp. °C109778101099999910109989999109999999988766899998988898877667876655
Feels °C (?)4422366555676542212457978766665443115667768665645442122200-1-1
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