Porridge surf break

Porridge surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 04 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
15.5° C
(Which is 2.5°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: 1.2m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.3m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)4ft (1.2m)14s
Afternoon (05 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (05 Mar)4ft (1.2m)13s

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


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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
4
3
2
2
6
7
4
5
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.8
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)151515141414141313131314151514141414141515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)121483370660259456952940839638448459425848580086213553334401045224810474645844522
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
S
5
E
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
N
5
N
5
SW
5
NW
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
20
N
20
N
20
NNE
15
WNW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:03AM
2.18
2:18PM
2.22
2:39AM
2.14
2:55PM
2.14
3:15AM
2.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:54PM
0.02
8:11AM
0.12
8:32PM
0.09
8:48AM
0.17
9:09PM
0.20
9:26AM
0.26
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise------7:28-------7:30-------7:31-
Sunset-8:32-------8:30-------8:29------
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------13--------
Temp. °C161614121211131921211816161718161718151414141516
Feels °C (?)1414141198101719201512121416141616131314141514
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