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Porridge surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 02 Apr 2026 NZDTForecast 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
15.5° C
(Which is 3.1°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: 1.7m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (03 Apr) | 6ft (1.9m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (03 Apr) | 7ft (2.1m) | 11s |
| Evening (03 Apr) | 8ft (2.4m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Porridge. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |  |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 277 | 450 | 505 | 556 | 513 | 474 | 918 | 969 | 1124 | 1371 | 1557 | 1967 | 2039 | 1452 | 1091 | 1163 | 1905 | 3037 | 3556 | 3305 | 3456 | 3821 | 3550 | 2786 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:14PM 2.16 | 1:32AM 2.12 | 1:50PM 2.14 | 2:06AM 2.09 | 2:26PM 2.08 | 2:40AM 2.03 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 7:26PM 0.15 | 7:42AM 0.17 | 8:01PM 0.21 | 8:18AM 0.21 | 8:37PM 0.31 | 8:54AM 0.29 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 02 | Friday 03 | Saturday 04 | Sunday 05 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:08 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:11 | - |
| Sunset | - | 7:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:32 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Temp. °C | 21 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| Feels °C (?) | 19 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
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