Porridge surf break

Porridge surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 01 Dec 2025 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
14.4° C
(Which is 2.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Porridge today?

The current surf forecast for Porridge at 11AM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Dec)6ft (1.9m)11s
Afternoon (01 Dec)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (01 Dec)5ft (1.6m)10s

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

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Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thu
04
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
1
1
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)12121111111110101010101099991817161616161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)105910069007377115505704643603533022461511481721199090147229147140144188
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
15
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
0
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:15AM
1.91
9:40PM
2.00
10:09AM
2.03
10:37PM
2.12
11:01AM
2.14
11:33PM
2.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:03AM
0.36
3:31PM
0.37
4:00AM
0.28
4:26PM
0.23
4:54AM
0.21
5:19PM
0.10
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thu
04
Sunrise-5:52-------5:52-------5:52------
Sunset-----9:22-------9:22-------9:23--
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
21----------------------
Temp. °C101010101011101099101212111111101011121212119
Feels °C (?)7766588866710867888999998
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