Porridge surf break

Porridge surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 27 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
15.7° C
(Which is 3.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Porridge today?

The current surf forecast for Porridge at 3PM is: 1.3m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)15s
Afternoon (27 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Evening (27 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
2
2
0
1
2
1
1
2
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
5
3
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)151414141313131313131313131313131312121216161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6567327227887227116636536636836837678929227697576386267228643630447848444588
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
5
ENE
5
E
5
N
10
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSE
10
ESE
15
E
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
5
ESE
10
SW
5
S
15
SW
20
SW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassonglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:58AM
1.82
8:54PM
1.82
9:15AM
1.86
10:01PM
1.89
10:18AM
1.95
10:56PM
1.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:30PM
0.45
3:06AM
0.58
3:41PM
0.37
4:10AM
0.48
4:39PM
0.28
5:03AM
0.36
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise--------8:00-------8:02-------
Sunset---7:49-------7:46-------7:45----
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-1151--------12131--1671
Temp. °C141415141414141313141413131212131315191615141212
Feels °C (?)1314161413131111111212121310101212141915161287
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