Porpoise Bay Surf Forecast

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New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (46.66° S 169.05° E)

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Porpoise Bay surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 23 Oct 2025 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 11.5° C
(Which is 1.5°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 10PM is: 4.0m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (23 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (23 Oct)	16ft (5.0m)	9s
Evening (23 Oct)	13ft (4.0m)	11s

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

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	Thursday 23			Friday 24								Saturday 25								Sunday 26
	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	7	2	2	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	W	W	W	WSW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	9	12	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	6	7	7	7	13	14	15	14	14	14	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	3912	4853	3503	3991	4936	4600	4100	2571	2089	1119	534	488	435	585	711	1010	1109	2020	3348	5227	8568	3289	2560	3275
Wind (km/h)	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						4:33AM 2.05				4:49PM 1.96				5:13AM 1.99				5:30PM 1.88				5:56AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)				10:16PM 0.39				10:41AM 0.47				10:57PM 0.46				11:25AM 0.56				11:42PM 0.55				12:13PM 0.64

	Thursday 23			Friday 24								Saturday 25								Sunday 26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-
Sunset	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	-	-	1	2	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	-	1	1	1	-
Temp. °C	8	7	7	7	7	6	8	11	11	9	7	8	8	7	8	8	9	7	7	7	6	6	7	10
Feels °C (?)	-4	-3	-4	-4	-4	-5	-1	3	5	1	0	0	-2	-3	-1	-1	-1	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1	2

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Catlins

Wind Update Still cross-shore at Porpoise Bay (strong winds from the W at Nugget Point Automatic Weather Station 63 km from Porpoise Bay). A 3.9m swell from the SW is too big for here
1 hour 23 minutes ago Porpoise Bay

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