Port Robinson 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 42.88° S 173.32° E

Issued: 11 am 25 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Port Robinson sea temperature is

11.2°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 (25 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 15s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 14s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 14s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Port Robinson at 8PM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 25). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (25 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	15s
Afternoon (25 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	14s
Evening (25 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Sun morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Sat afternoon, min 4°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, fresh winds from the SW by Sun morning).
	Fri 25					Saturday 26								Sunday 27
	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 15	SSE 15	ESE 14	ESE 15	S 14	ESE 15	ESE 14	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	S 7	S 8	SSW 8	S 8
Wave Graph
kJ	86	85	63	71	94	71	154	141	139	137	135	131	127	121	85	115	113	250	233	437	196
Wind (km/h)	SSW	ESE	ENE	ENE	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	NNE	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	cross-on	on	glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off	cross-off
High Tide				3:24PM1.59m				3:45AM1.53m				4:08PM1.61m				4:30AM1.57m				4:53PM1.62m
Low Tide		9:06AM0.25m				9:37PM0.26m				9:53AM0.22m				10:21PM0.22m				10:41AM0.20m


	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:07	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	6:25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:28	—
mm	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8	7	1	—	—
Temp °C	9	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	9	13	16	16	14	14	14	14	5	4	8	8	6
Feels °C	7	7	6	7	7	5	5	4	5	8	12	13	10	9	10	10	-3	-4	0	1	2
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 8	S 14	S 7	ESE 14	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	NE 5	ESE 13	NE 6	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	S 8	S 8	S 8
kJ	35	31	29	19	94	27	154	141	139	137	135	25	127	32	85	115	113	79	233	212	196
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 15	SSE 15	ESE 14	ESE 15	ESE 15	ESE 12	SSE 7	S 9	S 11	S 10	ENE 4	ESE 13	SSE 10	ESE 12	NE 6	NE 5	ESE 16	ESE 15	ESE 12	ESE 14	ESE 14
kJ	86	85	63	71	71	48	30	39	58	50	12	131	31	121	18	7	48	71	83	160	154
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 16	ESE 13	SSE 14	SSE 14	ESE 12	ESE 15	SSE 13	SSE 11	—	—	S 10	SSE 10	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	ENE 5	NE 8	ESE 15	SE 15	E 6
kJ	51	17	40	38	47	71	17	25	—	—	48	31	68	31	28	16	2	3	43	9	1
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	ENE 3	ENE 3	ENE 3	NE 3	NNE 3	NNE 3	NE 3	NE 4	NE 5	NE 6	NW 3	NW 3	—	SSW 4	S 7	WSW 4	SSW 8	—
kJ	—	—	—	1	2	2	2	1	3	1	51	60	46	3	2	—	50	250	13	437	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	3	4	4	2
Distance (km)	0	118	28	0	1	1	27	27	27	28	1	1	27	44	0	0	84	89	181	44	0
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Rating (10 max)	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	3		3	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	9	9	9	8	7	5	5	5

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