Porridge surf break

Porridge surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 27 Mar 2026 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
15.7° 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 8AM is: 1.3m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)15s
Afternoon (27 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Evening (27 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WSW
0.7
SW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)121616151514141413131313131313131313131313121217
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2692616416746567327227887227117006536636836837678929227697576386367341235
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
5
NE
5
N
10
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
10
SSW
5
SE
10
E
15
E
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:34PM
1.81
7:58AM
1.82
8:54PM
1.82
9:15AM
1.86
10:01PM
1.89
10:18AM
1.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:49AM
0.63
2:30PM
0.45
3:06AM
0.58
3:41PM
0.37
4:10AM
0.48
4:39PM
0.28
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise----7:58-------8:00-------8:02---
Sunset-------7:49-------7:46-------7:45
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-1---1-34--------21811--
Temp. °C161413131415151514141413131414131312121313141817
Feels °C (?)131212121315161513121110111213121211101212141817
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