Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Porpoise Bay today (26 Jul):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 13s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 12s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for Porpoise Bay at 9PM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 14s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 26). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (26 Jul) | - | - |
| Afternoon (26 Jul) | 6ft (1.9m) | 13s |
| Evening (26 Jul) | 5ft (1.6m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Porpoise Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastSome drizzle, heaviest during Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 13°C on Tue afternoon, min 5°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Sun 26 | Monday 27 | Tuesday 28 | |||||||||||||||||
3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SSW 12 | SW 12 | SSW 12 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | E 13 | E 13 | ESE 15 | ESE 14 | ESE 14 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | SW 14 | SW 14 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 1164 | 1109 | 766 | 669 | 578 | 449 | 360 | 347 | 297 | 345 | 408 | 284 | 684 | 646 | 711 | 690 | 713 | 1220 | 1368 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off |
High Tide | 00:33AM1.90m | 1:00PM1.99m | 1:14AM1.95m | 1:39PM2.05m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:18PM0.58m | 6:35AM0.47m | 7:01PM0.52m | 7:16AM0.41m | 7:41PM0.46m | ||||||||||||||
 |  | |  | | |  | |  | | | | |  |  | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 8:11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:10 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 5:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:30 | — | — |
mm | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 |
Feels °C | 2 | 3 | 2 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SSW 12 | SW 12 | SSW 12 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | E 13 | SW 10 | ESE 14 | ESE 14 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | SW 14 | SW 14 |
| kJ | 1164 | 1109 | 766 | 669 | 578 | 449 | 360 | 347 | 297 | 286 | 408 | 216 | 684 | 646 | 711 | 690 | 713 | 1220 | 1368 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 14 | SE 14 | SE 14 | SE 14 | SE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | E 13 | SW 10 | ESE 12 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 |
| kJ | 211 | 208 | 203 | 189 | 180 | 154 | 154 | 198 | 282 | 345 | 212 | 240 | 184 | 184 | 159 | 162 | 224 | 799 | 811 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 10 | E 11 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | SW 18 | ESE 16 | SSW 16 | ESE 15 | SSW 16 | SSW 17 | SSW 18 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | — | — |
| kJ | 14 | 27 | 15 | 33 | 35 | 52 | 50 | 30 | 12 | 25 | 26 | 284 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 104 | 277 | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | NW 4 | NW 4 | NW 4 | NW 4 | NW 4 | NW 3 | WNW 3 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | 22 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 5 | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 45 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins | |||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Porpoise Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest