Port Robinson surf break

Port Robinson surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 24 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
16.8° C
(Which is 1.5°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 9AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 24). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (24 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (24 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.5
NE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)7657101211111110101010566677710101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)352117292723595855676565657711497170114996648353433
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
10
NW
10
W
25
WSW
25
SW
15
S
20
SE
10
ESE
10
NE
10
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NE
5
NNW
15
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
30
SSW
15
S
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:36PM
1.67
11:02AM
1.60
11:35PM
1.69
12:01PM
1.60
12:35AM
1.72
1:00PM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:55AM
0.19
5:17PM
0.16
5:54AM
0.20
6:14PM
0.15
6:53AM
0.19
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise---6:58-------6:58--------7:00---
Sunset-------8:20-------8:19-------8:16
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------16
Temp. °C141517161617151413121212141516172021212223211513
Feels °C (?)1213141012141011119989101214191919191916149
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