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Porridge surf break

Porridge surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 12 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
15.5° C
 (Which is 2.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Porridge today?

The current surf forecast for Porridge at 10AM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)10ft (3.0m)10s
Afternoon (12 Jan)8ft (2.5m)10s
Evening (12 Jan)8ft (2.4m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
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)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
2
3
2
2
3
1
1
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
2.5
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
Period(s) (?)1211101010109109991071010101010101013131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3253243216141378129611589847997396855776025428046696146275795615221405138515271623
Wind
(km/h)
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
W
35
WSW
35
W
30
W
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
WNW
15
W
20
W
20
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
15
W
10
W
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:52AM
1.68
8:26PM
1.65
8:51AM
1.67
9:29PM
1.65
9:48AM
1.69
10:26PM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:42AM
0.64
2:15PM
0.65
2:43AM
0.71
3:16PM
0.66
3:43AM
0.72
4:12PM
0.63
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
Sunrise-6:11-------6:13-------6:13------
Sunset-----9:40-------9:39-------9:39--
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
2111------------121111--
Temp. °C101011141415131110101515171614131212131412121211
Feels °C (?)235679876712121212121191012129998
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