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Port Robinson surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 05 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Port Robinson surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Port Robinson sea temperature is
16.7° C
 (Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Port Robinson today?

The current surf forecast for Port Robinson at 9PM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)--
Afternoon (05 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (05 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSE
1.4
ENE
0.8
SSE
1.6
NE
1.1
E
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.4
SSE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.4
SE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.6
S
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.5
SE
0.3
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)106106766106697745594510101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1161241211781105945384333221591520235217122133312842
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
5
NNW
10
W
10
WNW
5
W
5
E
5
ESE
10
SSE
5
SE
10
SSW
15
S
10
S
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
NW
10
W
15
W
20
WSW
30
S
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		crossoffcross-
off		glassglassglasscross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:30PM
1.63
8:55AM
1.68
9:22PM
1.59
9:46AM
1.60
10:15PM
1.55
10:37AM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:44AM
0.14
3:16PM
0.16
3:36AM
0.21
4:05PM
0.21
4:28AM
0.27
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise-----6:33-------6:35-------6:37--
Sunset-8:46-------8:45-------8:45------
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171615161514182121191716151516182021201815151413
Feels °C (?)1212121613111720211817151415171719191716121198
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