Last Chance 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 39.00° S 177.90° E

Issued: 5 pm 13 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), 12s period with S 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 1AM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

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

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Very mild (max 17°C on Tue afternoon, min 10°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.
	Mon 13			Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15								Thu 16
	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	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	S 10	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 12	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	E 16
Wave Graph
kJ	96	75	57	123	119	78	72	44	43	33	33	34	70	63	62	58	55	56	37	37	58	109	159	137
Wind (km/h)	N	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNE	E	NNE	NW	NW	NW	WNW	NW	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		4:14PM1.90m				4:46AM1.78m				5:14PM1.94m				5:45AM1.79m					6:14PM1.96m				6:44AM1.79m
Low Tide				10:38PM0.19m				11:01AM0.15m				11:37PM0.13m				11:59AM0.08m					00:36AM0.09m


	—	—	—	—	—	7:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—	—
	5:02	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:04	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:04	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:05
mm	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	12	10	11	11	12	12	15	17	14	14	13	12	13	13	15	16	14	14	13	13	13	14	15
Feels °C	10	7	6	7	8	10	8	12	15	11	11	10	9	10	11	14	14	12	12	11	11	10	11	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	S 13	S 13	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	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	E 13
kJ	88	75	57	123	119	41	39	22	32	33	33	34	70	63	62	58	55	56	37	37	58	109	159	130
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 10	S 10	ESE 8	ESE 9	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 11	S 11	NE 4	NNE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	S 19	ESE 14	ESE 13	ESE 10	ESE 10	S 18	E 16
kJ	96	69	47	57	59	78	72	44	43	23	21	3	4	3	3	1	1	29	36	35	35	34	24	137
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 12	S 14	S 13	E 12	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 8	S 19	S 16	S 16	S 17	S 15	S 17
kJ	5	34	55	3	3	4	4	18	14	14	12	12	7	6	6	2	5	1	29	19	19	23	4	24
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	NE 3	NNE 3	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 5	NNE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 6	—	NW 3	—	W 3	W 3	—	ENE 4	NE 5	—	—	—	—	NW 3
kJ	—	2	4	7	7	10	17	14	15	18	14	—	1	—	1	1	—	2	5	—	—	—	—	2
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Distance (km)	8	10	10	12	10	8	10	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	1	1	5	5	6	6	6	5	1	1	1	4	1	4	2	4	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	6	5	5	8	7	9	8	8	9	7	8	8	7	4	4	4	4	5	9	5	6

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