Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Port Robinson today (13 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 18s period with SSE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 17s period with SSE swell.
The current surf forecast for Port Robinson at 10PM is: 0.2m 17s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 13). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (13 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (13 Oct) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 18s |
| Evening (13 Oct) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 17s |
Table - waves today at Port Robinson. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 22mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 24°C on Tue afternoon, min 6°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Wed night, strong winds from the SSW by Fri morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 13 | Wednesday 14 | Thursday 15 | |||||||||||||||||
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 18 | SSE 18 | SSE 17 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | SSE 15 | NE 8 | NE 8 | S 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SE 6 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 30 | 30 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 23 | 32 | 18 | 29 | 42 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 38 | 68 | 144 | 517 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 7:33PM1.56m | 7:59AM1.64m | 8:22PM1.52m | 8:48AM1.61m | 9:12PM1.48m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:47AM0.24m | 2:21PM0.27m | 2:35AM0.28m | 3:10PM0.31m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 7:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:47 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Temp °C | 24 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 |
Feels °C | 19 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | -1 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | NE 8 | NE 8 | S 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 |
| kJ | 22 | 29 | 15 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 18 | 23 | 32 | 18 | 29 | 42 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 38 | 8 | 16 | 17 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 8 | SSE 18 | NE 8 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 15 | ENE 6 | S 5 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | ENE 6 | NE 8 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 9 | E 12 | E 12 |
| kJ | 16 | 30 | 15 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 18 | — | SSE 17 | WNW 3 | — | — | — | SSE 15 | SSE 14 | ENE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | S 9 | S 8 | S 8 | S 16 | N 5 | — |
| kJ | 30 | — | 27 | 1 | — | — | — | 21 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 3 | WNW 3 | NW 3 | — | — | — | SW 3 | SW 3 | — | — | — | — | — | SW 3 | — | — | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 |
| kJ | 5 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 68 | 144 | 517 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 54 | 61 | 61 | 0 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 0 | 85 | 89 | 89 | 180 | 179 |
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