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Porpoise Bay surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 16 Jan 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
15.4° C
 (Which is 3.0°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 4PM is: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Afternoon (16 Jan)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (16 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)131212121212121212121212121211111111111010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)538504390378399399336268228228273325469483451379323317268270239234239253
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
20
ESE
15
ESE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
5
SE
0
NNW
5
NNW
5
W
10
SSW
10
SSE
15
ESE
15
E
10
E
10
E
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononcross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		crossoncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:48PM
1.91
2:14AM
2.01
2:28PM
1.97
2:53AM
2.07
3:06PM
2.02
3:31AM
2.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:33AM
0.56
7:50PM
0.46
8:16AM
0.50
8:31PM
0.39
8:57AM
0.45
9:12PM
0.33
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise-------6:11-------6:13-------6:13
Sunset---9:35-------9:34-------9:32----
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
221---------------------
Temp. °C11111111111110101113131210998111313131110109
Feels °C (?)678778778998778691110108787
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