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Porridge surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand
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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
15.3° C
(Which is 3.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Porridge today?
The current surf forecast for Porridge at 2AM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 06). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (07 Apr) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (07 Apr) | 5ft (1.5m) | 13s |
| Evening (07 Apr) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Porridge. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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 | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 14 |
Wave (?)Graph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 483 | 527 | 647 | 788 | 799 | 857 | 820 | 669 | 649 | 572 | 512 | 504 | 430 | 423 | 272 | 479 | 545 | 553 | 612 | 553 | 447 | 419 | 638 | 1663 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | off | glass | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 2:53AM 1.85 | 3:24PM 1.80 | 3:36AM 1.75 | 4:13PM 1.69 | 4:28AM 1.65 | 5:13PM 1.61 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 8:51PM 0.55 | 9:12AM 0.51 | 9:34PM 0.67 | 9:58AM 0.62 | 10:25PM 0.78 | 10:55AM 0.71 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 07 | Wednesday 08 | Thursday 09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 7:13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:16 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:22 |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Temp. °C | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
| Feels °C (?) | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
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