Porridge surf break

Porridge surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 21 Feb 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
15.4° C
(Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Porridge today?

The current surf forecast for Porridge at 2AM is: 5.0m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Feb)18ft (5.5m)13s
Afternoon (22 Feb)13ft (4.0m)13s
Evening (22 Feb)10ft (3.0m)12s

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

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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
3.5
W
4.5
W
5.5
W
6
WSW
5
WSW
4.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.6
W
2.1
W
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)14141411121313131212121212121211111111611111118
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3448298949814285898513000905259554059304724001877140111219847445533596103797787786981274
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
25
N
25
WNW
40
WNW
50
W
50
W
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
15
SW
5
NW
10
NE
15
NNE
15
NE
10
NE
15
NNE
25
N
45
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
25
W
20
W
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:59AM
2.08
4:21PM
2.09
4:45AM
2.00
5:15PM
1.98
5:39AM
1.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:51PM
0.17
10:11AM
0.23
10:37PM
0.29
11:01AM
0.32
11:31PM
0.43
12:01PM
0.41
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise------7:11-------7:13-------7:15-
Sunset-8:52-------8:51-------8:50------
clear
rain showers
light rain
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-13273------------1-----
Temp. °C1713111111121314131312109812192117131313131314
Feels °C (?)12853124767997581518124778810
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