Port Robinson 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 42.88° S 173.32° E

Issued: 12 pm 21 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Port Robinson sea temperature is

12.6°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 (21 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 14s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Port Robinson at 5PM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	9s
Afternoon (21 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s
Evening (21 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Thu afternoon, min 9°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wed 21					Thursday 22								Friday 23
	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)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 11	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 13	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 8	S 8	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 14
Wave Graph
kJ	84	92	117	116	115	76	70	50	47	41	40	39	26	26	25	26	36	33	26	89	138
Wind (km/h)	WSW	ESE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	W	WSW	SSW	E	NE	E	ESE	N	NNE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	off	off	cross-off	on	on	on	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide			1:34PM1.51m				1:57AM1.41m				2:18PM1.52m				2:41AM1.46m				3:02PM1.55m
Low Tide	7:13AM0.36m				7:47PM0.34m				7:58AM0.33m				8:29PM0.31m				8:44AM0.29m				9:13PM0.27m


	6:26	—	—	—	—	—	6:26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:24	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	7:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:58	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	17	16	14	12	11	10	9	13	18	20	17	14	13	12	11	12	13	13	13	13
Feels °C	11	14	12	10	8	8	8	6	10	15	18	14	12	12	11	9	9	9	8	9	10
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 11	S 10	S 10	S 10	SSE 10	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 8	S 8	S 7	SSE 15	SSE 14
kJ	84	92	117	68	48	48	31	50	47	41	40	39	26	26	25	26	36	33	14	89	138
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 4	SSE 16	SE 16	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	ENE 4	NE 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	SSE 13	ENE 3	ENE 3	ESE 3	SE 12	E 12	SE 16	SSE 9	S 6	S 8
kJ	2	25	61	116	115	76	6	4	3	1	1	16	1	1	1	6	3	10	15	7	36
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 16	ENE 4	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	E 9	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 12	E 12	SE 12	NE 12	SSE 16	SSE 8	E 11
kJ	24	2	2	2	2	2	70	18	17	16	17	2	16	16	15	3	6	5	26	14	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 3	—	ENE 5	NE 3	NE 3	NE 4	NE 4	—	—	—	—	ENE 4	NE 5	SSE 2	—	—	NE 4	NE 2	NE 3	NE 4	NE 4
kJ	2	—	2	2	2	4	16	—	—	—	—	2	6	1	—	—	1	1	9	12	14
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1
Distance (km)	0	86	86	86	28	28	27	0	0	0	73	73	44	1	27	44	101	101	101	101	28
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	9	4
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Rating (10 max)	7	7	6	7	6	9	9	9	9	8	5	5	5	7	5	6	6	6	5	9	7

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