Port Robinson 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 42.88° S 173.32° E

Issued: 11 am 11 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Port Robinson sea temperature is

11.1° C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Port Robinson today (11 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 10s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Port Robinson at 3PM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 Jul)	4ft (1.2m)	10s
Afternoon (11 Jul)	3.5ft (1.1m)	10s
Evening (11 Jul)	3.5ft (1.0m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 13°C on Mon afternoon, min 5°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Sat 11					Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tue 14
	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	SSE 16	E 10	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	NE 5	NE 5	E 9	E 9	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ENE 8	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	268	240	225	183	175	142	110	108	83	81	59	57	43	51	41	41	40	26	26	26	39	50	60	42
Wind (km/h)	W	W	SSW	WSW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNE	NE	NNE	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NNE	N	NNW	NW	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	off	cross-off	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			1:26PM1.73m				1:50AM1.64m				2:23PM1.82m				2:47AM1.68m					3:20PM1.89m				3:44AM1.72m
Low Tide	7:04AM0.14m				7:42PM0.18m				8:00AM0.08m				8:41PM0.13m				8:58AM0.03m					9:40PM0.08m


	7:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:54
	—	—	5:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:09	—	—	—	—	5:10
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	5	7	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	8	9	8	7	7	6	7	7	11	13	11	12	12	12	11
Feels °C	1	4	5	5	3	3	2	2	1	4	4	3	4	4	2	3	3	8	9	7	8	8	7	7
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	ESE 9	ENE 7	ENE 8	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 7
kJ	268	225	225	183	175	142	110	108	83	81	59	57	19	20	16	19	12	14	26	21	39	50	60	42
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 18	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 15	S 13	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 9	SSE 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	ESE 9	ENE 6	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9
kJ	207	240	146	138	126	123	85	66	55	50	45	29	40	40	40	41	40	26	17	26	15	15	7	8
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	S 8	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 8	S 8	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8
kJ	21	33	9	5	21	18	50	49	25	24	22	22	28	27	25	24	13	13	13	13	6	5	5	1
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	W 3	W 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NE 2	NE 3	ENE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	—	—	—	—	—	NE 3	—	N 2
kJ	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	10	43	51	41	40	—	—	—	—	—	4	—	1
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	28	46	77	27	27	1	1	1	1	54	44	73	1	61	0
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Rating (10 max)	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	4	4	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	7	5	5	5	4	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	5

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