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Porpoise Bay surf break

Porpoise Bay surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 10 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
15.3° C
 (Which is 2.9°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: 1.2m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.2m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 10). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Afternoon (10 Mar)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (10 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)13s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
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)
3
3
4
4
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141413131313131212121212121212121211111112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)763667573565410392290286239196146141100891141391461441398479614534
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
E
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
E
25
ENE
15
ENE
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
NE
5
NNE
10
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
N
10
NW
10
NNE
10
N
15
NNE
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off		offcross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:30PM
1.85
7:52AM
1.76
8:27PM
1.76
8:52AM
1.69
9:33PM
1.72
10:00AM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:51AM
0.67
2:16PM
0.67
2:51AM
0.75
3:17PM
0.72
3:55AM
0.77
4:19PM
0.71
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Sunrise----7:30-------7:31-------7:33---
Sunset-------8:16-------8:15-------8:13
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C9887912141311111110121617171514151517212220
Feels °C (?)6543478879108101414151312131314181613
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