Last Chance Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.00° S 177.90° E

Last Chance 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 10 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Last Chance sea temperature is
13.8°C
0.5° 

Last Chance surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Last Chance today (10 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 14s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 13s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Last Chance at 3AM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 1.2m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Oct)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (10 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (10 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 20°C on Sun morning, min 13°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
ESE
7
0.6
S
15
0.6
S
14
0.6
S
14
0.5
S
13
0.5
S
13
1
ESE
6
1
ESE
6
0.5
S
11
0.8
E
7
0.8
E
7
0.9
E
7
0.8
E
7
1
NE
8
0.8
E
7
0.8
E
7
0.8
E
7
0.7
E
7
0.5
ENE
7
0.5
ENE
7
0.5
ENE
7
0.4
ENE
7
0.4
ENE
7
0.4
ENE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
163
153
146
138
88
88
85
75
62
66
68
83
64
113
60
61
59
45
30
30
30
20
19
19
Wind (km/h)
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
5
SE
10
ESE
15
E
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
N
10
NNE
15
NW
15
WNW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
5
S
10
SE
10
SE
5
NE
5
N
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross
High Tide
5:50AM1.61m
6:10PM1.65m
6:41AM1.66m
7:01PM1.65m
7:31AM1.71m
7:50PM1.66m
Low Tide
11:37PM0.20m
12:02PM0.22m
00:29AM0.25m
12:52PM0.26m
1:18AM0.30m
1:41PM0.30m
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7:21
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1
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Temp °C
13
13
13
14
16
16
14
14
14
15
15
18
20
19
19
18
14
14
14
15
16
16
15
14
Feels °C
12
12
12
14
15
14
13
13
13
13
13
16
19
17
17
15
12
12
13
15
15
14
15
13
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