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Porridge surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 NZST
How big are the waves at Porridge today?
The current surf forecast for Porridge at 5AM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (19 Sep) | 8ft (2.5m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (19 Sep) | 7.5ft (2.3m) | 13s |
| Evening (19 Sep) | 6ft (1.8m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Porridge. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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Swell Height Map |  |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 4920 | 3725 | 3251 | 2767 | 2304 | 1884 | 1712 | 1087 | 1060 | 846 | 689 | 689 | 757 | 724 | 855 | 675 | 972 | 653 | 811 | 911 | 2270 | 3188 | 3801 | 4369 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | on | on | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | glass | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 9:50PM 1.98 | 10:24AM 1.99 | 10:36PM 2.05 | 11:05AM 2.04 | 11:17PM 2.10 | 11:41AM 2.08 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 4:08AM 0.27 | 4:29PM 0.36 | 4:52AM 0.19 | 5:10PM 0.28 | 5:31AM 0.15 | 5:47PM 0.23 | ||||||||||||||||||
Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 6:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:41 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:44 |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 12 |
| Feels °C (?) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Southland
Continuing clean conditions at Porridge (light winds from the N at InvercargillAeroAws 46 km from Porridge). A 2.4m groundswell from the WSW
46 km away, 1 h 19 min ago
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