Port Robinson surf break

Port Robinson surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 17 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
14.8° C
(Which is 1.8°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 5PM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
S
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
Period(s) (?)9999888887677688910101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21113210199755538344538192330276176861032372271511118686
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
20
NNE
20
N
20
NW
15
N
10
N
20
NW
15
WNW
5
N
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
15
SSW
10
SE
15
SSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:23PM
1.71
4:47AM
1.69
5:15PM
1.78
5:41AM
1.71
6:10PM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:09AM
0.11
10:38PM
0.11
11:01AM
0.08
11:34PM
0.08
11:55AM
0.05
12:32AM
0.07
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise7:00-------7:01-------7:01-------
Sunset--5:51-------5:49-------5:47-----
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------298---
Temp. °C131818161717171617191917151413111214121111111111
Feels °C (?)913141213131313151515151211989111088766
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