Last Chance 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 39.00° S 177.90° E

Issued: 12 am 01 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Last Chance sea temperature is

15.3°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 (01 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Nov, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 12s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 12s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 12s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Last Chance at 8AM is: 2.0m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (01 Nov)	6ft (1.9m)	12s
Afternoon (01 Nov)	5ft (1.6m)	12s
Evening (01 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	12s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Mon afternoon, min 9°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat night, fresh winds from the NNW by Sun afternoon).
	Sunday 1								Monday 2								Tuesday 3
	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)	4	4	3	2	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 12	S 12	S 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	S 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	NNE 6	NE 7	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	NE 4	NE 6	NE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	1699	1412	1175	1064	876	748	579	494	349	273	194	164	117	110	130	44	30	28	16	7	7	14	41	46
Wind (km/h)	W	N	N	NNE	NE	N	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNE	ENE	NE	NE	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off
High Tide	11:00PM1.72m				11:22AM1.83m				11:55PM1.68m				12:22PM1.77m				00:51AM1.63m					1:21PM1.71m
Low Tide			5:09AM0.12m				5:48PM0.10m				6:06AM0.11m				6:45PM0.09m					7:03AM0.11m				7:42PM0.10m


	—	6:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:58	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:44	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:45	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	10	9	10	14	17	20	17	14	13	13	13	17	20	21	18	15	14	13	14	18	19	19	20	19
Feels °C	8	6	6	10	12	14	11	9	10	10	10	13	15	16	12	11	11	10	12	16	15	15	17	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 12	S 12	S 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	S 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	NE 7	NE 7	NE 6	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	NE 6	NE 6
kJ	1699	1412	1175	1064	876	748	579	494	349	273	194	164	117	110	52	43	24	28	16	7	7	7	32	46
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	E 13	E 12	—	E 12	NE 5	NE 12	NE 12	SE 12	NE 6	—	NE 6	SSE 10	S 9	SSE 10	SE 12	NE 6	NE 6	SE 11	SE 11	S 8	S 16
kJ	7	7	7	3	3	—	3	15	6	6	6	2	—	2	80	44	30	6	1	1	5	5	1	20
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	E 12	E 12	NE 12	E 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	E 11	E 11	—	SE 12	SE 12	NE 11	SE 12	SE 12	S 13	S 13	S 13	SE 11
kJ	—	—	3	3	6	3	6	6	6	6	6	6	2	2	—	6	6	5	6	5	3	3	3	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	NNE 8	NE 3	NE 4	NNE 5	NNW 3	NNE 6	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NE 3	NE 4	NNE 6	NNW 3	NNW 3	NE 5	NE 5	NE 4	NE 3	NE 4	NE 5	—
kJ	—	—	—	6	6	25	27	3	17	7	3	3	5	8	130	3	3	13	6	5	4	14	41	—
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	8	8	8	23	54	10	0	0	0	0	10	8	35	35	0	1	18	103	285	281	46	0
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	3	3	2		2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1				1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4

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