Port Robinson 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 42.88° S 173.32° E

Issued: 5 am 15 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Port Robinson sea temperature is

10.8° 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 (15 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 19s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 19s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Port Robinson at 10AM is: 0.3m 19s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Jul)	1ft (0.3m)	19s
Afternoon (15 Jul)	1ft (0.3m)	19s
Evening (15 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	12s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 17°C on Wed afternoon, min 7°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Thu morning, calm by Fri afternoon).
	Wednesday 15							Thursday 16								Friday 17								Sat 18
	3 AM	6 AM	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	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	E 12	SSE 19	SSE 19	SSE 19	E 12	ESE 12	SSE 17	ESE 14	ESE 13	ESE 13	E 16	E 16	ESE 17	ESE 17	ESE 16	ESE 16	SSE 17	ESE 17	ESE 16	ESE 16	ESE 16	ESE 16	ESE 15
Wave Graph
kJ	14	28	71	71	69	43	44	29	37	55	58	131	193	219	372	359	463	618	767	844	803	917	871	879
Wind (km/h)	WNW	NW	NW	WNW	NNW	N	N	NNW	NNW	NW	WNW	SSE	E	NE	N	W	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	SSE	SE	NW	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	on	on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-off
High Tide		4:40AM1.75m				5:13PM1.95m				5:37AM1.76m					6:09PM1.93m				6:33AM1.74m				7:04PM1.89m
Low Tide				10:54AM-0.05m				11:35PM0.01m				11:51AM-0.06m					00:31AM0.01m				12:48PM-0.03m


	—	7:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:52	—	—	—	—	—	7:50
	—	—	—	—	5:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:13	—	—	5:14
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	15	14	13	15	17	15	15	16	15	14	13	11	11	9	9	9	8	7	7	9	10	9	9	8
Feels °C	12	10	10	11	13	11	12	12	12	9	5	8	8	5	7	7	6	4	4	7	9	8	7	5
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 7	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	ESE 12	E 11	E 11	ESE 13	ESE 13	E 16	E 16	ESE 17	ESE 17	ESE 16	ESE 16	ESE 16	ESE 17	ESE 16	ESE 16	ESE 16	ESE 16	ESE 15
kJ	13	11	26	25	25	43	44	21	21	55	58	131	193	219	372	359	463	554	767	844	803	917	871	879
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	E 12	ENE 7	ENE 8	NE 7	ENE 7	SSE 17	ESE 14	ESE 14	ESE 17	ESE 16	NE 6	SSE 5	S 6	SSE 7	S 8	SSE 15	SSE 17	SSE 16	S 9	SSE 15	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 9
kJ	9	27	5	6	14	10	29	18	37	27	27	7	5	19	45	80	390	618	547	78	300	130	102	92
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 13	SSE 17	SSE 19	SSE 19	SSE 19	SSE 17	ENE 6	SSE 17	SSE 17	SSE 17	NE 7	S 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 15	S 15	—	S 16	SSE 16	—	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 16
kJ	14	28	71	71	69	30	4	29	29	28	7	20	24	24	24	45	227	—	494	188	—	45	45	47
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	NW 2	NNW 2	—	NNE 2	NNE 3	N 2	N 2	—	SW 3	—	ENE 3	NE 5	NNE 5	—	—	—	—	—	—	NE 3	NE 4
kJ	—	—	—	1	1	—	1	1	1	1	—	2	—	1	4	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	7
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Distance (km)	44	0	0	44	1	44	44	1	1	44	27	0	28	28	27	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	6	7	6	4	4	5	4	1	5	1	1	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	7	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	6	7	7	7	4	5	4	4	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	9	6	6	6	7	5	5

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