Porridge surf break

Porridge surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 10 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
14.5° C
(Which is 2.7°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: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm December 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Dec)8ft (2.5m)12s
Afternoon (10 Dec)10ft (3.0m)12s
Evening (10 Dec)10ft (3.0m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
4
4
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
Period(s) (?)121212141413131313131313131313131212121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2070223925273519333128892698247722582091232729752359212119651886182418051840168913481176990937
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
10
W
10
NNW
10
NNE
5
NNW
10
SSW
15
WSW
30
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offglassoncross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:17PM
2.00
5:58AM
1.90
6:17PM
1.89
6:57AM
1.82
7:18PM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:09AM
0.41
11:41PM
0.29
12:08PM
0.48
12:40AM
0.40
1:09PM
0.53
1:40AM
0.48
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sunrise-------5:50-------5:50-------5:50
Sunset---9:31-------9:32-------9:34----
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------11----11----
Temp. °C141513121110981213151211101010111212121211109
Feels °C (?)975557751010115433446778887
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