Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Porridge today (30 Jul):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Jul, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 14s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Jul, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 13s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Porridge at 12AM is: 2.2m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.0m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 29). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (30 Jul) | - | - |
| Afternoon (30 Jul) | 8ft (2.5m) | 14s |
| Evening (30 Jul) | 8ft (2.5m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Porridge. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Fri morning. Very mild (max 12°C on Wed afternoon, min 5°C on Fri afternoon). Mainly strong winds. | |||||||||||||||||||
Wed 29 | Thursday 30 | Friday 31 | |||||||||||||||||
3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 2180 | 2088 | 2187 | 1544 | 1295 | 1701 | 1598 | 1336 | 1138 | 1043 | 755 | 744 | 444 | 1303 | 4496 | 4858 | 3554 | 2219 | 1685 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | off | glassy | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 00:12AM1.99m | 12:40PM1.98m | 00:48AM2.03m | 1:15PM2.00m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:10PM0.44m | 6:30AM0.27m | 6:46PM0.39m | 7:06AM0.23m | 7:21PM0.35m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 8:11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:11 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 5:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:39 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Temp °C | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Feels °C | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | -4 | -4 | -3 | -2 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | SW 13 | WSW 13 | W 24 | SW 12 |
| kJ | 2180 | 2088 | 2187 | 1544 | 1295 | 1701 | 1598 | 1336 | 1138 | 1043 | 755 | 744 | 444 | 1303 | 4496 | 4858 | 1103 | 11 | 1685 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 13 | SSE 13 | SSE 13 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 22 | WSW 20 | WSW 19 | WSW 18 | WSW 18 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WNW 10 | — | — | — | W 24 | SW 23 |
| kJ | 17 | 16 | 16 | 545 | 627 | 91 | 218 | 214 | 454 | 318 | 380 | 366 | 397 | 131 | — | — | — | 11 | 21 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | SSE 12 | W 24 | SSE 12 | SE 12 | SE 11 | ESE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | WNW 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | 15 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 143 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | N 3 | NNE 3 | NE 3 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 3 | NNE 3 | NE 3 | NE 4 | NE 3 | — | S 5 | SW 12 | SW 12 | S 4 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | — | 88 | 3554 | 2219 | 38 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 147 | 232 | 502 | 271 |
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