Port Robinson Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.88° S 173.32° E

Port Robinson 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 05 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Port Robinson sea temperature is
12.0°C
1.6° 

Port Robinson surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Port Robinson today (05 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Port Robinson at 8PM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (05 Oct)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (05 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 15°C on Tue night, min 8°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Mon
5
Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
SSE
10
0.9
SSE
10
0.9
SSE
10
0.8
SSE
10
0.8
SSE
9
0.7
SSE
9
0.8
ENE
6
0.9
ENE
6
0.9
ENE
6
0.8
ENE
6
0.7
ENE
7
0.6
ENE
7
0.6
ENE
7
0.4
NE
8
0.2
SSE
18
0.7
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
7
0.5
ENE
7
0.5
ENE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
186
154
148
103
98
74
46
53
59
48
40
36
37
22
30
51
78
64
41
31
30
Wind (km/h)
5
NE
15
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
5
N
5
WNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
ESE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
WSW
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
WSW
15
SW
Wind State
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross
cross-off
off
off
High Tide
12:45PM1.76m
1:12AM1.62m
1:42PM1.76m
2:08AM1.64m
2:37PM1.76m
Low Tide
7:04PM0.14m
7:22AM0.11m
8:00PM0.13m
8:18AM0.10m
8:54PM0.11m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
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6:54
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6:52
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6:50
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7:36
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7:37
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Temp °C
9
11
10
9
9
9
9
8
11
14
14
14
15
13
11
10
12
15
15
15
13
Feels °C
7
7
4
4
4
7
7
5
9
12
11
12
13
10
8
7
9
13
12
12
9
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