Porpoise Bay Surf Forecast

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Porpoise Bay surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 16 Jul 2025 NZST

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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 10.6° C
(Which is 1.0°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 1PM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 1.0m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.6m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Jul)	3.5ft (1.1m)	13s
Afternoon (16 Jul)	4.5ft (1.3m)	11s
Evening (16 Jul)	4ft (1.2m)	11s

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

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	Wednesday 16					Thursday 17								Friday 18								Saturday 19								Sunday 20								Monday 21								Tuesday 22								Wednesday 23
	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	1	3	2	0	1	3	7	4	3	4	2	2	2	2	4	3	4	3	3	3	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	20	18	18	17	20	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	17	16	16	17	17	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	17	17	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	930	903	886	789	777	819	926	1060	1215	1266	2044	1496	2424	2838	3102	3082	3012	3492	3176	2701	2352	2283	2254	2762	2409	2431	2518	2596	2145	1847	1689	1550	1381	1040	1329	1429	1643	1863	1855	1576	1201	1032	955	1303	4591	14441	5018	3627	3179	1983	1938	1693	1389	1035	881	1010	924	833	713	705
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	N	NNE	N	N	NNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	NW	N	N	NNE	N	N	NNE	NE	N	NNW	WNW	WNW	W	WNW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	WNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)					6:20PM 2.06				6:42AM 2.04				7:13PM 2.02				7:40AM 2.03				8:12PM 1.99				8:45AM 2.03					9:16PM 1.99				9:53AM 2.06				10:22PM 2.01				11:01AM 2.13				11:26PM 2.08					12:03PM 2.21				12:24AM 2.15				12:59PM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)			12:11PM 0.28				12:39AM 0.36				1:06PM 0.32				1:35AM 0.37				2:06PM 0.36				2:35AM 0.37					3:09PM 0.39				3:37AM 0.35				4:12PM 0.39				4:38AM 0.30				5:14PM 0.36				5:38AM 0.23					6:12PM 0.31				6:34AM 0.16

	Wednesday 16					Thursday 17								Friday 18								Saturday 19								Sunday 20								Monday 21								Tuesday 22								Wednesday 23
Sunrise	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-

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

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Wind Update Still cross-shore at Porpoise Bay (light winds from the W at InvercargillAeroAws 63 km from Porpoise Bay). 1.4m 10s swell from the ESE with a 1.4m 10s swell from the ESE and a 1.4m 5s windswell from the SW as well as a 1.0m 13s groundswell, also from the SW. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.
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