Port Robinson 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 42.88° S 173.32° E

Issued: 12 pm 13 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Port Robinson sea temperature is

12.2°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 (13 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 7s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 18s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Port Robinson at 6PM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 18s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 13). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	7s
Afternoon (13 Oct)	0.5ft (0.2m)	18s
Evening (13 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 47mm), heaviest during Wed night. Warm (max 24°C on Tue afternoon, min 7°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed night, strong winds from the SSW by Thu night).
	Tue 13					Wednesday 14								Thursday 15
	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	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 7	ENE 7	SSE 18	ENE 7	SSE 17	S 16	ENE 7	ENE 7	SSE 15	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 7	SE 6	SE 7	SE 7	S 7
Wave Graph
kJ	47	35	30	41	27	45	26	26	22	32	33	33	32	36	47	56	56	61	54	84	517
Wind (km/h)	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	W	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	ESE	SE	SE	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-on	glassy	cross	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off
High Tide	7:11AM1.66m				7:33PM1.56m				7:59AM1.64m				8:22PM1.52m				8:48AM1.61m				9:12PM1.48m
Low Tide			1:31PM0.23m				1:47AM0.24m				2:21PM0.27m				2:35AM0.28m				3:10PM0.31m


	6:39	—	—	—	—	—	6:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	7:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:47	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	1	2	5	9	3	—	—	3	5	5
Temp °C	19	23	24	21	19	18	13	12	12	12	13	12	11	11	11	10	11	12	10	9	9
Feels °C	15	17	20	20	17	17	10	8	8	8	11	11	11	10	7	5	6	6	2	0	0
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 7	ENE 7	E 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 8	NE 8	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 7	SE 6	SE 7	SE 7	ENE 6
kJ	47	35	22	41	22	27	26	26	18	32	33	19	32	36	47	56	56	61	54	84	16
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 15	SSE 18	NE 8	SSE 18	NE 8	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 15	S 4	NE 8	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	S 9	NE 7	S 8	S 8	ENE 6	E 12
kJ	4	31	16	30	9	25	25	24	22	21	10	33	9	8	3	15	14	20	29	15	3
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 19	S 14	SSE 18	—	SSE 17	S 16	—	—	—	E 13	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	S 10	S 10	ENE 6	S 8	ENE 6	ENE 6	S 16	—
kJ	14	4	30	—	27	45	—	—	—	3	21	20	20	2	7	4	12	4	8	5	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 3	WNW 3	WNW 3	WNW 3	WNW 2	WNW 2	—	—	SW 3	SW 4	SW 4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SSW 3	SSW 4	S 7
kJ	3	3	2	1	1	1	—	—	2	17	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	29	517
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4
Distance (km)	44	27	1	0	0	0	54	0	61	0	0	61	0	44	44	0	0	89	89	180	179
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	2	3	4
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	8	4	4	9	4	7	4	6	4	5

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