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Porpoise Bay surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 14 Feb 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
15.4° C
 (Which is 2.6°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: 1.0m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 14). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Feb)3ft (0.9m)15s
Afternoon (14 Feb)4ft (1.2m)15s
Evening (14 Feb)5ft (1.5m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tue
17
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
3
2
1
3
2
3
3
2
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
1
E
1.7
E
1.8
E
Period(s) (?)91615151514141313131212121313131313121212141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21125840950962374282878069052743042349438638638036935733036724039410021094
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
WNW
15
NW
15
W
15
SSW
5
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
15
SW
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
SE
15
SE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		crossonglasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		onononcross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:06AM
1.91
1:20PM
1.88
1:47AM
2.00
1:59PM
1.97
2:24AM
2.08
2:36PM
2.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:07AM
0.58
7:23PM
0.45
7:48AM
0.48
8:04PM
0.35
8:27AM
0.39
8:43PM
0.25
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tue
17
Sunrise-6:54-------6:56-------6:56------
Sunset-----9:00-------8:58-------8:57--
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clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C10101312141412111091113131211101111111213121111
Feels °C (?)781091111119879101099810981010988
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