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Porridge surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 31 Jan 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
15.1° C
 (Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Porridge today?

The current surf forecast for Porridge at 1PM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)8ft (2.5m)11s
Afternoon (31 Jan)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (31 Jan)10ft (3.0m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
0
0
0
2
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WSW
2.3
W
3
WSW
3
W
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
2.1
WSW
Period(s) (?)111211111111111111111111111112111111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)150514881848218122522293191416021390112110278687776986025914514434956987737376621062
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
30
W
35
W
30
W
20
W
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
5
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
10
SW
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		offoffoffoffoffonononononcross-
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High Tide
/ height (m)
11:34AM
2.11
12:14AM
2.15
12:27PM
2.21
1:03AM
2.21
1:16PM
2.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:28AM
0.37
5:56PM
0.11
6:21AM
0.26
6:48PM
0.01
7:09AM
0.18
7:35PM
-0.04
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
Sunrise-6:39-------6:39-------6:41------
Sunset-----9:23-------9:22-------9:22--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------1---1--18531-
Temp. °C9813161717151211101413181817161515141211111111
Feels °C (?)6591010101098711111716151312131377789
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