Check the Beach

Porters Beach

West Coast, New Zealand

Today at a glance

Calmest: 7 pm to sunset, sunset 8:01 pm
7 am
5.5
13 km/h8 mph wind, Good
8 am
6.1
8 km/h5 mph wind, Good
9 am
6.1
10 km/h6 mph wind, Good
10 am
6.1
13 km/h8 mph wind, Good
11 am
6.0
14 km/h9 mph wind, Good
12 pm
6.1
15 km/h9 mph wind, Good
1 pm
6.0
15 km/h9 mph wind, Good
2 pm
5.9
17 km/h11 mph wind, Good
3 pm
5.5
21 km/h13 mph wind, Good
4 pm
4.8
24 km/h15 mph wind, Fair
5 pm
4.7
24 km/h15 mph wind, Fair
6 pm
4.6
25 km/h15 mph wind, Fair
Now
4.4
26 km/h16 mph wind, Fair
8 pm
4.5
25 km/h16 mph wind, Fair

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

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Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
14°C57°F
Water
15°C59°F
Wind
2616 km/hmph S
Gusts
3421 km/hmph
Waves
1.6 m5 ft
UV
1 low
Tide
rising
Rain
0%
Sunset
8:01 pm
Today
5.5Good7 am138
6.1Good8 am85
6.1Good9 am106
6.1Good10 am138
6.0Good11 am149
6.1Good12 pm159
6.0Good1 pm159
5.9Good2 pm1711
5.5Good3 pm2113
4.8Fair4 pm2415
4.7Fair5 pm2415
4.6Fair6 pm2515
4.4FairNow2616
4.5Fair8 pm2516
Sat
2.7Poor7 am2314
2.6Poor8 am2415
2.4Poor9 am2616
2.3Poor10 am2817
2.5Poor11 am2717
3.0Poor12 pm2516
4.1Fair1 pm2616
4.6Fair2 pm2616
4.4Fair3 pm2717
4.8Fair4 pm2616
4.6Fair5 pm2717
3.9Poor6 pm2918
3.4Poor7 pm2818
4.4Fair8 pm2415
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. High at 9 pm, 1.3 m. Low at 3 am, -1.3 m. High at 9 am, 1.3 m. Low at 3 pm, -1.2 mHigh 9 pm, 1.3 m4 ftLow 3 am, -1.3 m4 ftHigh 9 am, 1.3 m4 ftLow 3 pm, -1.2 m4 ftNow1 am7 am1 pm7 pm
  • High 9 pm, 1.3 m4 ft
  • Low 3 am, -1.3 m4 ft
  • High 9 am, 1.3 m4 ft
  • Low 3 pm, -1.2 m4 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sun5.0 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 25 km/h16 mph, rain 35%
  • Mon4.2 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 30 km/h19 mph, rain 45%
  • Tue2.8 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 53 km/h33 mph, rain 100%
  • Wed2.2 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 35 km/h22 mph, rain 75%
  • Thu1.3 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 35 km/h22 mph, rain 94%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest airport
59 km37 miTakaka Airport (KTF)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

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