Port Robinson surf break

Port Robinson surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 12 Jan 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
17.5° C
(Which is 2.7°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 4PM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (12 Jan)6ft (1.9m)10s
Evening (12 Jan)4ft (1.2m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
S
1.9
S
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.8
ENE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
1
ENE
Period(s) (?)11101010912111010101010999999998995
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)92478940733421145230323621420516616312411986868490706864454448
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
25
SE
15
ESE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
5
NW
10
SW
10
SE
15
ENE
5
ENE
10
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
ESE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
on
ononoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
onononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:54PM
1.48
1:25AM
1.50
1:43PM
1.45
2:13AM
1.51
2:30PM
1.44
2:59AM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:06PM
0.30
7:34AM
0.38
7:51PM
0.33
8:23AM
0.40
8:36PM
0.35
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise-------6:03-------6:03-------6:05
Sunset---9:06-------9:06-------9:05----
rain showers
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11----------------------
Temp. °C151313141212121115161617161615141717171616151515
Feels °C (?)13899779912131315141311111414131214131313
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