Porters Beach

West Coast, New Zealand / Aotearoa

Right now

Conditions at 8:00 AM New Zealand Standard Time.

Poor

Well overhead (4.5 m) at 11 s, heading toward ENE, with strong cross-onshore wind toward NNE.

Swell

4.5 m

ENE

11 s

Wind

30 km/h

NNE

Cross-onshore

Tide

1.5 m

Falling

Weather

8 °C

Drizzle

13 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Sunday, September 20, 2026

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Fair

3.4 m · 10 s

ENE

27 km/h · 75 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

1.6 m

Thunderstorm · 12 °C

1 AM

Fair

2.9 m · 11 s

ENE

30 km/h · 80 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

1.9 m

Light showers · 11 °C

2 AM

Fair

2.4 m · 12 s

ENE

37 km/h · 96 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

2.2 m

Showers · 9 °C

3 AM

Good

1.9 m · 13 s

ENE

34 km/h · 105 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

2.4 m

Thunderstorm · 9 °C

4 AM

Good

2.3 m · 13 s

ENE

39 km/h · 106 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

2.4 m

Light showers · 8 °C

5 AM

Good

2.8 m · 12 s

ENE

37 km/h · 104 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

2.4 m

Heavy drizzle · 7 °C

6 AM

Fair

3.2 m · 12 s

ENE

33 km/h · 95 km/h gusts

NNE

Onshore

2.2 m

Drizzle · 8 °C

7 AM

Poor

3.8 m · 11 s

ENE

31 km/h · 90 km/h gusts

NNE

Onshore

1.9 m

Drizzle · 8 °C

8 AM

Poor

4.5 m · 11 s

ENE

30 km/h · 87 km/h gusts

NNE

Onshore

1.5 m

Drizzle · 8 °C

9 AM

Poor

5.2 m · 10 s

ENE

25 km/h · 80 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

1.3 m

Drizzle · 9 °C

10 AM

Poor

5.1 m · 10 s

ENE

28 km/h · 81 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

1.1 m

Drizzle · 9 °C

11 AM

Poor

5 m · 11 s

ENE

30 km/h · 82 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

1.1 m

Light drizzle · 10 °C

12 PM

Poor

4.9 m · 11 s

ENE

34 km/h · 89 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

1.3 m

Light drizzle · 11 °C

1 PM

Poor

5.1 m · 11 s

ENE

34 km/h · 91 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

1.5 m

Light drizzle · 11 °C

2 PM

Poor

5.2 m · 11 s

ENE

34 km/h · 95 km/h gusts

NNE

Onshore

1.8 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

3 PM

Poor

5.3 m · 11 s

ENE

32 km/h · 92 km/h gusts

NNE

Onshore

2.1 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

4 PM

Poor

5.4 m · 11 s

ENE

31 km/h · 86 km/h gusts

NNE

Onshore

2.3 m

Overcast · 12 °C

5 PM

Poor

5.5 m · 11 s

ENE

25 km/h · 82 km/h gusts

NNE

Onshore

2.3 m

Overcast · 11 °C

6 PM

Poor

5.5 m · 11 s

ENE

22 km/h · 67 km/h gusts

NNE

Onshore

2.2 m

Partly cloudy · 11 °C

7 PM

Poor

5.5 m · 11 s

ENE

18 km/h · 59 km/h gusts

NNE

Onshore

2 m

Partly cloudy · 10 °C

8 PM

Poor

5.4 m · 11 s

ENE

15 km/h · 47 km/h gusts

NNE

Onshore

1.7 m

Partly cloudy · 10 °C

9 PM

Poor

5.4 m · 11 s

ENE

14 km/h · 41 km/h gusts

NNE

Onshore

1.4 m

Partly cloudy · 10 °C

10 PM

Poor

5.3 m · 11 s

ENE

13 km/h · 37 km/h gusts

NNE

Onshore

1.2 m

Partly cloudy · 10 °C

11 PM

Fair

5.2 m · 11 s

ENE

12 km/h · 36 km/h gusts

NNE

Onshore

1.1 m

Partly cloudy · 10 °C

Nearby spots

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