Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Port Robinson today (01 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with SSE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with SSE swell.
The current surf forecast for Port Robinson at 10PM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (01 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (01 Oct) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 10s |
| Evening (01 Oct) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Port Robinson. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Warm (max 20°C on Fri morning, min 6°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Fri morning, light winds from the WNW by Sat night). | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 1 | Friday 2 | Saturday 3 | |||||||||||||||||
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 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 15 | SE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 12 | SE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 15 | NE 8 | SSE 12 | SSE 16 | SE 15 | SE 14 | SE 14 | SSE 17 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | S 15 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 100 | 94 | 92 | 65 | 50 | 77 | 69 | 48 | 47 | 30 | 28 | 49 | 57 | 54 | 49 | 168 | 512 | 620 | 1571 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | off |
High Tide | 9:18PM1.61m | 9:49AM1.74m | 10:16PM1.60m | 10:48AM1.75m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:33AM0.15m | 4:12PM0.17m | 4:30AM0.14m | 5:10PM0.16m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:58 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 7:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:34 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 15 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
Feels °C | 11 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 12 | SSE 11 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 8 | NE 8 | SSE 11 | SE 15 | S 8 | SE 14 | SSE 17 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 15 |
| kJ | 100 | 94 | 65 | 65 | 48 | 77 | 69 | 43 | 27 | 30 | 20 | 24 | 57 | 29 | 49 | 168 | 512 | 620 | 372 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 14 | SSE 15 | SSE 15 | NE 7 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | NE 7 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 12 | SSE 16 | SSE 11 | SE 14 | SSE 10 | S 10 | S 6 | — | S 6 |
| kJ | 76 | 86 | 92 | 19 | 50 | 51 | 12 | 39 | 19 | 18 | 28 | 49 | 12 | 54 | 10 | 7 | 52 | — | 68 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | NE 4 | NE 5 | SE 16 | NE 6 | NE 5 | SE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 15 | SSE 12 | SSE 16 | NE 7 | S 8 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | — | — | S 9 |
| kJ | — | 3 | 6 | 62 | 9 | 5 | 64 | 48 | 47 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 25 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 5 | NE 7 | — | NW 3 | — | — | — | WNW 3 | W 3 | WNW 3 | WNW 3 | SSE 3 | SSE 4 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | S 5 | S 6 | S 6 | S 15 |
| kJ | 6 | 30 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 32 | 37 | 56 | 99 | 60 | 1571 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 101 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 44 | 96 | 96 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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