Porridge surf break

Porridge surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 06 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
15.5° C
(Which is 3.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Porridge today?

The current surf forecast for Porridge at 12PM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 06). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 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) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (06 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Evening (06 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)121212121211111213141414131313131313131214131414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1000830722585500483483518647788895857820808649640555504489481246528621638
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
0
SW
0
ENE
0
WNW
10
NW
5
W
0
SE
10
NE
5
ENE
15
N
10
WNW
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
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglassglassglasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:15AM
1.95
2:42PM
1.91
2:53AM
1.85
3:24PM
1.80
3:36AM
1.75
4:13PM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:31AM
0.39
8:51PM
0.55
9:12AM
0.51
9:34PM
0.67
9:58AM
0.62
10:25PM
0.78
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
Sunrise--7:13-------7:13-------7:15-----
Sunset-----6:29-------6:27-------6:24--
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light rain
clear
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-------------------1-1-1
Temp. °C999131615131211111216181614141313131315151413
Feels °C (?)66610131210988914161514141312131314141212
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