Port Robinson 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 42.88° S 173.32° E

Issued: 11 am 29 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Port Robinson sea temperature is

10.1° 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 (29 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 13s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 12s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 12s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Port Robinson at 6PM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (29 Jul)	4.5ft (1.3m)	13s
Afternoon (29 Jul)	4ft (1.2m)	12s
Evening (29 Jul)	3.5ft (1.1m)	12s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu morning, min 4°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed afternoon, near gales from the SW by Fri night).
	Wed 29					Thursday 30								Friday 31
	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
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	E 12	E 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 11	NE 8	E 11	E 11	E 12	E 12	E 12	SE 15	SE 15
Wave Graph
kJ	530	492	461	379	373	367	303	289	284	228	224	176	135	211	125	93	98	99	96	62	61
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WSW	NNE	N	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	N	NNE	N	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	SW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	glassy	glassy	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off
High Tide				4:36PM1.61m				4:53AM1.47m				5:18PM1.61m				5:36AM1.47m					6:01PM1.61m
Low Tide		10:16AM0.28m				10:53PM0.33m				11:00AM0.27m				11:36PM0.31m				11:44AM0.26m


	7:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:39	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	5:23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:25	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2
Temp °C	8	11	14	11	11	10	10	10	12	16	15	13	12	13	11	11	11	12	12	9	7
Feels °C	5	9	13	8	8	6	6	6	8	12	11	10	8	6	5	3	5	6	5	2	-4
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	E 12	E 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 11	NE 8	NE 8	E 11	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 11	E 11
kJ	530	492	461	379	373	367	303	289	284	228	224	176	135	95	78	93	98	99	96	62	61
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 5	NE 5	SSE 17	SSE 17	SSE 16	SSE 16	NE 8	SSE 16	ESE 11	E 11	ENE 6	ESE 16	NE 6	NE 8	ENE 8	NE 8
kJ	9	15	18	14	21	6	6	57	57	51	25	23	24	133	125	12	25	34	28	26	17
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 15	SSE 18	SSE 17	SSE 17	SSE 17	SSE 17	SSE 15	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	SSE 16	S 16	SSE 15	SSE 15	NE 7	S 11	ESE 16	ESE 16	SE 15	SE 15
kJ	21	61	117	116	112	54	44	18	2	2	2	25	76	21	21	17	2	25	24	58	58
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 5	N 4	N 4	NNE 4	NE 2	NE 3	NE 8	NE 8	NNW 3	N 3	NE 6	NNW 2	NW 3	WSW 3	SW 5
kJ	—	—	—	—	46	34	22	16	12	10	1	3	78	211	3	2	40	1	2	9	211
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	46	44	28	28	44	44	73	44	1	44	44	176
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	1	2	9
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	7	6	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9

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