Porridge surf break

Porridge surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 04 Mar 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
15.5° C
(Which is 2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Porridge today?

The current surf forecast for Porridge at 5PM is: 1.5m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)16s
Afternoon (04 Mar)5ft (1.6m)16s
Evening (04 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)15s

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


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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
2
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
0
6
4
5
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.8
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)161615151514141414131313131415151414141414151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)137512781214833706602594569529408396384484594283485800988135535664010452248104875
Wind
(km/h)
0
SE
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
5
ENE
5
N
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
5
WSW
10
NNW
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
25
NNE
20
N
15
N
15
WNW
20
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassononcross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:39PM
2.25
2:03AM
2.18
2:18PM
2.22
2:39AM
2.14
2:55PM
2.14
3:15AM
2.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:32AM
0.12
7:54PM
0.02
8:11AM
0.12
8:32PM
0.09
8:48AM
0.17
9:09PM
0.20
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise--------7:28-------7:30-------
Sunset---8:32-------8:30-------8:29----
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------131-----
Temp. °C131616161312111213182221181616171716171815141414
Feels °C (?)1315141412118910152019151212131414161612121314
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