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Porridge surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand
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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
15.6° C
(Which is 3.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Porridge today?
The current surf forecast for Porridge at 3AM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (15 Apr) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (15 Apr) | 2ft (0.6m) | 15s |
| Evening (15 Apr) | 10ft (3.0m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Porridge. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
Wave (?)Graph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 670 | 723 | 476 | 339 | 240 | 196 | 144 | 935 | 1463 | 2584 | 4570 | 7928 | 8451 | 6459 | 5239 | 4217 | 3610 | 2996 | 2960 | 3150 | 2618 | 2396 | 2773 | 2762 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
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Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 7:24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:26 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:07 |
Rain (mm) | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Temp. °C | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
| Feels °C (?) | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 |
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