Porpoise Bay surf break

Porpoise Bay surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 01 Mar 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 2.5°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 5PM is: 3.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)8ft (2.5m)11s
Afternoon (01 Mar)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (01 Mar)11ft (3.5m)13s

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


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
2
1
2
3
3
4
4
4
2
2
2
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
2.2
S
2
S
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.6
S
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)111112131313121212121212121111111111101918181817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)165215842483437443283981328726122340178418481747158413231191969862749520539737897887848
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SSW
25
S
20
S
20
S
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
5
ESE
5
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
E
20
E
20
E
15
ENE
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononononcross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:40PM
2.21
2:10AM
2.29
2:27PM
2.28
2:55AM
2.32
3:12PM
2.31
3:37AM
2.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:27AM
0.26
7:49PM
0.10
8:15AM
0.19
8:36PM
0.05
9:00AM
0.14
9:21PM
0.04
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise--------7:18-------7:20-------
Sunset---8:34-------8:31-------8:30----
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--11--------------------
Temp. °C1111101099889101110876691214131211109
Feels °C (?)332323335666554267999876
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