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Porpoise Bay surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 18 Feb 2026 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
15.1° C
 (Which is 2.2°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 7AM is: 1.3m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.7m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.5m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)5ft (1.6m)18s
Afternoon (18 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)17s
Evening (18 Feb)5ft (1.5m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
4
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
E
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
2.2
W
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)11201918181716161616151515141414141414661378
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)61067179610501488160814871230106792172158444336726421121421421135655327739041035
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
W
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
5
E
10
NE
10
N
10
N
35
WNW
40
WNW
35
W
25
W
30
WNW
20
WNW
25
NW
35
W
35
W
40
W
40
WSW
40
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		ononcrosscross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:38AM
2.20
3:50PM
2.18
4:15AM
2.22
4:29PM
2.21
4:54AM
2.21
5:11PM
2.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:22PM
0.17
9:44AM
0.25
10:01PM
0.13
10:23AM
0.22
10:42PM
0.13
11:04AM
0.22
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise----7:00-------7:01-------7:03---
Sunset-------8:52-------8:52-------8:50
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
cloud
light rain
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
1-1--------11--2--221222
Temp. °C111112121214151513131312131616131212101111121211
Feels °C (?)99111111131314121112107810867543432
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