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Porridge surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 05 Dec 2025 NZDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Porridge surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Porridge sea temperature is
14.2° C
(Which is 2.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Porridge today?
The current surf forecast for Porridge at 12AM is: 4.0m 10s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (06 Dec) | - | - |
| Afternoon (06 Dec) | 11ft (3.5m) | 9s |
| Evening (06 Dec) | 13ft (4.0m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Porridge. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 2013 | 2237 | 2902 | 3352 | 3227 | 2977 | 2440 | 2608 | 2352 | 1935 | 1659 | 1316 | 1064 | 1045 | 926 | 955 | 1118 | 1070 | 874 | 1295 | 1661 | 1559 | 1261 | 1127 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | off | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:21AM 2.33 | 1:37PM 2.31 | 2:15AM 2.30 | 2:29PM 2.28 | 3:09AM 2.22 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 7:32AM 0.15 | 7:58PM -0.06 | 8:24AM 0.19 | 8:52PM -0.02 | 9:18AM 0.25 | |||||||||||||||||||
Friday 05 | Saturday 06 | Sunday 07 | Monday 08 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 5:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:50 | - | - |
| Sunset | - | 9:27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9:29 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 15 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 |
| Feels °C (?) | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
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