Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Porridge today (20 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Aug, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 14s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Aug, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 14s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Porridge at 9PM is: 2.1m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.6m 15s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (20 Aug) | 6.5ft (2.0m) | 14s |
| Evening (20 Aug) | 7ft (2.1m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Porridge. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Sat night. Very mild (max 13°C on Sat morning, min 6°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Thu night, near gales from the W by Sat night). | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 20 | Friday 21 | Saturday 22 | |||||||||||||||||
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 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | W 9 | W 11 | W 11 | W 11 | W 11 | WSW 13 | W 10 | W 10 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | W 10 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 1474 | 1797 | 1772 | 1680 | 1376 | 1318 | 850 | 692 | 436 | 1405 | 1633 | 917 | 976 | 405 | 384 | 377 | 298 | 362 | 730 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 5:39PM1.68m | 6:21AM1.63m | 6:44PM1.62m | 7:34AM1.60m | 7:54PM1.62m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 00:06AM0.68m | 12:38PM0.80m | 1:16AM0.72m | 1:50PM0.82m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 6:04 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:06 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Temp °C | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 |
Feels °C | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | W 9 | W 11 | W 11 | W 11 | W 11 | WNW 11 | W 10 | W 10 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 |
| kJ | 1474 | 1797 | 1772 | 1680 | 1376 | 1318 | 850 | 692 | 436 | 1405 | 1633 | 917 | 976 | 769 | 384 | 377 | 298 | 362 | 339 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | W 6 | W 6 | W 7 | W 8 | WSW 13 | — | W 23 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | W 12 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 44 | 51 | 102 | 142 | 408 | — | 11 | 339 | 249 | 405 | 329 | 244 | 195 | 189 | 103 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | WSW 20 | WSW 18 | WSW 19 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | — | WSW 18 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 76 | 127 | 199 | 232 | 151 | — | 186 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 4 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | W 6 | — | — | N 3 | — | N 3 | N 3 | — | N 3 | N 4 | — | N 3 | — | W 10 | WNW 10 | W 10 |
| kJ | 31 | 1021 | 1007 | 48 | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | 3 | — | 8 | 6 | — | 4 | — | 432 | 959 | 730 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 137 | 31 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
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