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Porridge surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 29 Mar 2026 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
16.0° C
(Which is 3.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Porridge today?
The current surf forecast for Porridge at 1AM is: 3.0m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 2.1m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (30 Mar) | 8ft (2.5m) | 16s |
| Afternoon (30 Mar) | 13ft (4.0m) | 15s |
| Evening (30 Mar) | 16ft (5.0m) | 11s |
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) (?) | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 864 | 1022 | 3880 | 4588 | 4784 | 4124 | 3470 | 6108 | 6754 | 7314 | 5603 | 8947 | 8486 | 7816 | 6611 | 5353 | 4376 | 3866 | 3305 | 2891 | 2494 | 2278 | 2002 | 1748 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 10:56PM 1.97 | 11:11AM 2.04 | 11:41PM 2.04 | 11:56AM 2.11 | 12:21AM 2.09 | 12:36PM 2.15 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 4:39PM 0.28 | 5:03AM 0.36 | 5:28PM 0.19 | 5:48AM 0.26 | 6:11PM 0.14 | 6:28AM 0.20 | ||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 29 | Monday 30 | Tuesday 31 | Wednesday 01 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:06 | - |
| Sunset | - | 7:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:40 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | 2 | 6 | 15 | 7 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 16 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 14 |
| Feels °C (?) | 17 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
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