Porridge surf break

Porridge surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 11 Dec 2025 NZDT
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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
14.6° C
(Which is 2.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Porridge today?

The current surf forecast for Porridge at 10AM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Dec)8ft (2.5m)13s
Afternoon (11 Dec)8ft (2.5m)13s
Evening (11 Dec)8ft (2.5m)13s

Table - waves today at Porridge. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sun
14
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
2
3
3
3
2
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
W
2.5
W
2.4
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131313131212121212111111111111111011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26982477225820912327320023591915176617391715169916991619133211441027934802711615511502436
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NNE
5
NNW
15
SSW
20
WSW
30
WNW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
25
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
NNW
5
NW
10
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
5
S
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
oncross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassonononcross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:58AM
1.90
6:17PM
1.89
6:57AM
1.82
7:18PM
1.80
7:55AM
1.77
8:19PM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:08PM
0.48
12:40AM
0.40
1:09PM
0.53
1:40AM
0.48
2:10PM
0.56
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sun
14
Sunrise-5:50-------5:50-------5:50------
Sunset-----9:32-------9:34-------9:35--
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------1-----1----------
Temp. °C991314151211101010111213121111109121415141211
Feels °C (?)76111010653345678788711121111119
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