Porpoise Bay surf break

Porpoise Bay surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 03 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
15.2° C
(Which is 2.7°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 12PM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)6ft (1.9m)11s
Afternoon (03 Mar)5ft (1.6m)10s
Evening (03 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)18s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
1
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
3
2
1
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
S
2
S
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
S
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)111111111019181818171616161615151514141211111214
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1208969862672520539737897887848808683666551382314309251248266240233264250
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
NE
10
ENE
15
E
20
E
25
E
20
ENE
10
NE
5
N
5
NNW
5
NW
5
SSW
10
SE
10
E
10
ENE
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
E
10
E
10
NNE
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscrossoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:55AM
2.32
3:12PM
2.31
3:37AM
2.31
3:54PM
2.30
4:18AM
2.27
4:35PM
2.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:00AM
0.14
9:21PM
0.04
9:42AM
0.13
10:03PM
0.08
10:23AM
0.17
10:45PM
0.16
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
Sunrise--7:20-------7:20-------7:22-----
Sunset-----8:30-------8:28-------8:25--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C769121313119991115151414141414141718191816
Feels °C (?)5368876677913131112131212111417161513
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