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Porridge surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 05 Nov 2025 NZDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
11.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)How big are the waves at Porridge today?
The current surf forecast for Porridge at 12PM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 21s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (05 Nov) | 5ft (1.5m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (05 Nov) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 12s |
| Evening (05 Nov) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Porridge. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 756 | 615 | 549 | 518 | 488 | 314 | 237 | 172 | 121 | 94 | 75 | 305 | 178 | 292 | 196 | 152 | 150 | 176 | 850 | 1624 | 2017 | 3340 | 3324 | 3183 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | glass | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 12:14PM 2.27 | 12:41AM 2.37 | 1:01PM 2.32 | 1:32AM 2.38 | 1:50PM 2.32 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 6:08AM 0.03 | 6:29PM -0.04 | 6:56AM 0.02 | 7:18PM -0.09 | 7:45AM 0.07 | 8:09PM -0.07 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 05 | Thursday 06 | Friday 07 | Sat 08 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | 6:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 8:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:47 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 10 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 13 |
| Feels °C (?) | 7 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 |
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