Porridge surf break

Porridge surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 11 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
14.6° C
(Which is 2.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Porridge today?

The current surf forecast for Porridge at 4AM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am December 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Dec)8ft (2.5m)13s
Afternoon (11 Dec)8ft (2.5m)13s
Evening (11 Dec)8ft (2.5m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
3
4
4
4
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
1
2
3
3
3
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
W
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)141313131313131313131313121212121211111111111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3331288926982477225820912468297523592121196519351824180518401718144612421124917787698615564
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
15
WSW
5
NNW
10
NNE
5
NW
15
SSW
20
W
30
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
NNW
5
NW
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:58AM
1.90
6:17PM
1.89
6:57AM
1.82
7:18PM
1.80
7:55AM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:41PM
0.29
12:08PM
0.48
12:40AM
0.40
1:09PM
0.53
1:40AM
0.48
2:10PM
0.56
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sunrise---5:50-------5:50-------5:50----
Sunset-------9:32-------9:34-------9:35
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------11-----1--------
Temp. °C1211109131415121110101011121212111110912141514
Feels °C (?)6786111010653345668788711111111
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