Porpoise Bay surf break

Porpoise Bay surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 07 Nov 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
12.4° C
(Which is 2.0°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 10AM is: 0.4m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 07). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)18s
Afternoon (07 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Evening (07 Nov)5ft (1.5m)15s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
07
Saturday
08
Sunday
09
Mon
10
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
2
1
1
3
3
3
2
2
3
1
2
4
3
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)181818161616151514141415151414141414141313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)124123120173258773105915421426153316672241230522122151185216621432141112531045841679521
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
25
W
20
W
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NNW
25
NW
25
WNW
30
W
15
SSW
5
S
5
S
10
ENE
10
NE
15
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossonglassoncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:51AM
2.49
4:13PM
2.35
4:46AM
2.45
5:08PM
2.29
5:44AM
2.37
6:06PM
2.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:04AM
0.07
10:25PM
-0.00
11:00AM
0.15
11:23PM
0.07
12:00PM
0.24
12:25AM
0.15
Friday
07
Saturday
08
Sunday
09
Mon
10
Sunrise-6:11-------6:09-------6:07------
Sunset-----8:44-------8:45-------8:46--
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------221-11-----
Temp. °C910141616151515151618201699889111414131314
Feels °C (?)5610121110101010101215106865789891012
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