Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Port Robinson today (30 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 17s period with SSE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Oct, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 9s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Port Robinson at 10PM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 2.3m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 30). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 11.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (30 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (30 Oct) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 17s |
| Evening (30 Oct) | 7.5ft (2.3m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Port Robinson. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Sun afternoon, min 6°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SW on Fri afternoon, calm by Sun morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Fri 30 | Saturday 31 | Sunday 1 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 17 | SSE 16 | S 9 | S 10 | S 10 | S 11 | S 12 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 9 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 243 | 291 | 1531 | 2032 | 1048 | 2335 | 2749 | 858 | 667 | 561 | 419 | 372 | 308 | 251 | 176 | 137 | 105 | 96 | 69 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | glassy | cross | cross-off | cross-off | off |
High Tide | 9:01PM1.66m | 9:32AM1.84m | 10:00PM1.65m | 10:31AM1.82m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:15AM0.07m | 3:57PM0.09m | 4:13AM0.07m | 4:55PM0.10m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 8:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:08 | — |
mm | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 13 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 22 | 19 | 17 |
Feels °C | 8 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 11 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 12 | SSE 16 | S 9 | S 10 | E 13 | S 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | NE 8 |
| kJ | 174 | 291 | 773 | 986 | 3 | 1208 | 1064 | 858 | 667 | 561 | 419 | 372 | 308 | 251 | 176 | 137 | 105 | 96 | 50 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 17 | NE 4 | SSE 16 | — | — | E 13 | E 13 | E 14 | E 14 | E 14 | SE 16 | SE 15 | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | ENE 5 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | NE 7 | SSE 9 |
| kJ | 243 | 1 | 160 | — | — | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 63 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 43 | 69 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 13 | SE 15 | ESE 14 | SE 13 | SE 13 | SE 13 | SE 12 |
| kJ | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 25 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 2 | S 5 | S 9 | S 10 | S 10 | S 11 | S 12 | — | — | — | NE 2 | NE 3 | NE 4 | NE 5 | — | — | WNW 3 | W 3 | W 3 |
| kJ | 2 | 102 | 1531 | 2032 | 1048 | 2335 | 2749 | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 17 | 32 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 578 | 604 | 73 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 84 | 88 | 86 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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