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Porpoise Bay surf break

Porpoise Bay surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 09 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
15.3° C
 (Which is 3.1°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 3PM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.6m 5s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)17s
Afternoon (09 Jan)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (09 Jan)3ft (0.9m)16s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
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)
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
2
2
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
2.5
W
3.5
W
2.1
SW
3
WSW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)17161616161515151514141414131313671614771211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)33334340743641940338237237267665855740429520816853112492214354964364120752061
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
30
W
30
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
20
W
5
N
10
NE
20
NNE
20
NW
10
W
5
N
25
NW
40
NNW
30
NW
35
WNW
45
WNW
50
W
40
W
40
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossglasscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:40AM
2.04
8:03PM
1.97
8:32AM
1.92
8:59PM
1.87
9:27AM
1.83
9:59PM
1.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:56PM
0.40
2:22AM
0.42
2:50PM
0.48
3:16AM
0.52
3:44PM
0.55
4:12AM
0.60
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise-------6:01-------6:03-------6:05
Sunset---9:37-------9:37-------9:37----
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------31061--1-1-----1--
Temp. °C151616151413121112142019211920181814141211111111
Feels °C (?)9101087910991120191713161194543333
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