Last Chance 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 39.00° S 177.90° E

Issued: 5 am 24 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Last Chance sea temperature is

12.7° C

Last Chance 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 Last Chance today (24 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (24 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Last Chance at 10AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (24 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Afternoon (24 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Evening (24 Jul)	2ft (0.6m)	10s

Table - waves today at Last Chance. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Fri afternoon, min 6°C on Sun night). Mainly strong winds.
	Friday 24							Saturday 25								Sunday 26
	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	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	E 8	ENE 8	E 10	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 12	E 11	E 11	E 11	ESE 16	ESE 16	ESE 15	ESE 15	ESE 14	E 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	SSE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	20	33	32	31	33	21	80	110	116	157	169	155	202	195	229	277	249	309	529	361	539	523	462
Wind (km/h)	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNW	NW	NNW	W	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	1:14AM1.58m				1:46PM1.61m				2:03AM1.55m				2:36PM1.59m				2:51AM1.51m					3:22PM1.58m
Low Tide			7:27AM0.42m				8:00PM0.47m				8:15AM0.47m				8:50PM0.50m					9:04AM0.48m


	—	7:18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:16	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	5:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:13	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	1	—	1	1	1	—	—
Temp °C	11	10	11	15	16	13	14	14	13	12	12	12	10	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	9
Feels °C	8	6	7	10	11	8	10	10	9	9	10	9	5	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	1
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	SSE 10	E 8	ENE 8	E 10	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 12	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	ESE 15	ESE 15	ESE 14	E 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13
kJ	10	14	12	31	33	21	80	110	116	157	169	155	202	195	149	144	249	309	529	361	539	523	431
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	ENE 6	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	NE 6	NE 6	NE 5	ESE 17	ESE 16	ESE 16	ESE 16	E 10	E 10	S 16	SE 15	S 15	SSW 15	S 14
kJ	20	33	32	8	17	16	16	15	8	38	18	7	119	155	229	277	106	106	20	106	39	42	35
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ENE 8	ESE 11	E 10	SE 11	ESE 13	SE 11	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 18	ESE 13	NNE 9	NE 6	S 16	S 16	S 16	SSW 16	S 16	E 13	SSW 14	—
kJ	10	10	10	6	12	19	5	16	5	17	16	61	16	29	1	21	21	20	50	19	55	82	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 2	NNW 2	N 3	NNE 4	N 4	N 3	NNE 4	NE 5	NE 6	—	—	WSW 2	SSW 3	SSW 5	SSW 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 7	S 7	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 8
kJ	1	1	2	4	4	8	17	35	42	—	—	1	6	78	214	206	190	194	199	279	329	416	462
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3
Distance (km)	1	86	1	71	12	35	35	12	10	0	0	0	78	78	102	72	72	78	54	88	103	88	72
Best forecast wave conditions in Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef		Blacks Reef		Makorori Point	Wainui Beach - Whales	Tuamotu Island	Wainui Beach - Whales	Makorori Centre	Whangara	Diners Beach	Wainui Beach - Stockroute
Rating (10 max)	1		1		1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	2	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	2	5	5	5	7	6	5	8	7	6	5	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	8	5	5	5	7	6	5	8	7	6	5	5	5	5

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