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Porpoise Bay surf Forecast / Catlins / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 29 Mar 2024 NZDT
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Porpoise Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Porpoise Bay sea temperature is 13.8°C (Statistics for 29 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 11.9 °C max: 13.2 °C min: 10.0 °C)
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Porpoise Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Porpoise Bay sea temperature is 13.8°C (Statistics for 29 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 11.9 °C max: 13.2 °C min: 10.0 °C)


How big are the waves at Porpoise Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Porpoise Bay at 7AM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 2.2m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)8ft (2.4m)11s
Afternoon (29 Mar)6ft (1.9m)13s
Evening (29 Mar)5ft (1.5m)13s

Table - waves today at Porpoise Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SSW
2.5
SW
2.4
S
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
S
1.5
SW
1.7
SW
1.4
SW
2
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SW
1.9
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.5
SSW
4
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SW
Period(s) (?)131311131211131212121213131314141415151515151515141413131312121213131313121212111111131314141414141416151515161616161514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)3684220113541094106082470086859911447248379811110143217842148256328302868290629452387211916471295101890264050439734634240049451937331429820920511611821243776311111210128514682271308174343023352436012997245441125505
Wind
(km/h)
35
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
20
W
20
W
15
W
20
W
20
W
15
W
10
W
10
WSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
SSE
0
S
0
NNE
5
NW
5
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
5
NE
5
ENE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
20
NNE
30
NW
35
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
25
W
30
W
30
WNW
30
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
20
WSW
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
onglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:32AM
1.93
5:53PM
1.95
6:12AM
1.86
6:37PM
1.89
6:57AM
1.80
7:28PM
1.85
7:51AM
1.75
8:29PM
1.84
8:55AM
1.75
9:37PM
1.87
10:04AM
1.81
10:45PM
1.96
11:09AM
1.93
11:46PM
2.08
12:07PM
2.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:44AM
0.50
12:10AM
0.56
12:28PM
0.57
12:59AM
0.64
1:19PM
0.63
1:57AM
0.69
2:20PM
0.64
3:02AM
0.68
3:25PM
0.59
4:06AM
0.62
4:29PM
0.48
5:06AM
0.50
5:28PM
0.32
6:00AM
0.35
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sunrise--7:58-------7:58-------8:00-------8:02-------8:03-------8:03-------8:06-------8:07-
Sunset-----7:37-------7:36-------7:34-------7:31-------7:30-------7:28-------7:25------
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Rain (mm)
1----11----------------------------------------1-------1----
Temp. °C9101011111112121110111213111010101010111111111010101012131312111111131618161514131313161818119999111211121211111212
Feels °C (?)13456789768101198999910101010988791010998911141513131211111114141242323554676677

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