Last Chance 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 39.00° S 177.90° E

Issued: 5 am 14 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Last Chance sea temperature is

13.4° 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 (14 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 12s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Last Chance at 2PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	12s
Afternoon (14 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Evening (14 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 17°C on Tue afternoon, min 10°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 14							Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Fri 17
	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	12 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	3	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 13	S 12	S 12	S 12	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	E 12	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 13	E 15	E 15	ESE 17	ESE 17	ESE 17	ESE 17	ESE 16
Wave Graph
kJ	119	112	72	44	32	33	33	34	70	63	62	58	55	56	37	37	58	109	215	157	229	737	864	1011
Wind (km/h)	N	N	N	NNW	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NNE	NNE	ENE	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	WNW	NW	WNW	WSW	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	glassy	cross	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off
High Tide		4:46AM1.78m				5:14PM1.94m				5:45AM1.79m					6:14PM1.96m				6:44AM1.79m				7:11PM1.96m
Low Tide				11:01AM0.15m				11:37PM0.13m				11:59AM0.08m					00:36AM0.09m				12:53PM0.04m


	—	7:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	7:22
	—	—	—	—	5:04	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:04	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:05	—	—	5:06
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	12	12	12	15	17	15	13	12	13	12	13	15	16	15	14	14	13	12	14	15	15	15	14	12
Feels °C	9	9	8	12	14	12	10	9	10	10	11	12	14	14	13	12	10	9	12	12	11	11	11	7
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 13	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	NNE 4	E 12	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 13	E 15	E 15	E 13	ESE 17	ESE 17	ESE 17	ESE 16
kJ	119	40	39	21	32	33	33	8	70	63	62	58	55	56	37	37	58	109	215	130	229	737	864	1011
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 11	ESE 10	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	S 16	ESE 14	ESE 13	ESE 10	ESE 10	S 17	ESE 17	E 14	S 17	S 16	S 16
kJ	59	112	72	44	24	23	21	34	3	3	3	2	2	21	36	35	35	34	24	157	134	23	20	20
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	E 15	E 15	E 10	E 13	E 13	E 12	E 12	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 16	S 20	ENE 4	S 16	S 16	S 17	S 14	S 17	S 17	NE 10	—	SW 10
kJ	3	4	4	18	14	14	12	12	7	6	6	2	5	8	2	20	19	24	4	24	24	4	—	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 3	NNE 5	NNE 3	NNE 4	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 5	—	—	—	W 3	W 3	—	NE 5	—	NNE 4	NNE 4	N 4	—	NNW 3	N 10	SW 17	W 3	WSW 3
kJ	3	8	10	17	25	21	15	—	—	—	1	1	—	3	—	2	2	1	—	4	8	75	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3
Distance (km)	10	8	12	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	23	0	9
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	1	1	5	5	6	6	6	5	1	4	4	4	1	4	1	3	2	2	3	3	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	7	8	7	7	6	6	9	6	8	8	7	4	4	4	4	4	9	4	5	5	5	5	5

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