- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
Porridge Surf Forecast
/ Southland (9 surf breaks) /
Surf Forecasts:
Porridge surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 15 Apr 2026 NZSTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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 10AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (15 Apr) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (15 Apr) | 6.5ft (2.0m) | 6s |
| Evening (15 Apr) | 10ft (3.0m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Porridge. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Sat 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 9 PM | 0 AM | |
Rating (10 max) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 476 | 339 | 240 | 196 | 308 | 671 | 1121 | 2089 | 4212 | 8070 | 9301 | 7194 | 5311 | 4493 | 3666 | 3041 | 2640 | 2452 | 1945 | 1872 | 1531 | 1857 | 1717 | 1889 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Sat 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 7:24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:26 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 6:12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:07 | - | - |
 |  |  |  | | |  | | |  | |  | | |  | | | | |  |  | | | | |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 3 | 1 | - |
| Temp. °C | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
| Feels °C (?) | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 |
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Porridge surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest