Last Chance Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.00° S 177.90° E

Last Chance 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 09 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Last Chance sea temperature is
13.2° C
1.1° 

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 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Jul, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Jul, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Jul, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Last Chance at 7AM is: 4.0m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jul)13ft (4.0m)10s
Afternoon (10 Jul)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (10 Jul)7ft (2.2m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 25mm), heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 12°C on Thu night, min 8°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the S on Thu night, calm by Sun afternoon).

Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
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
3 PM
6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4.5
SSE
10
4.5
SSE
11
4.5
SSE
11
4.5
SSE
10
4
SE
10
3.5
SSE
10
3
ESE
10
2.5
ESE
10
2.2
ESE
10
3
SE
10
2.5
SE
10
2.3
SE
10
2.4
SE
9
2.1
SE
9
1.9
SE
9
1.9
SE
9
2.1
SE
9
1.6
ESE
9
1.6
SE
9
1.5
SE
9
1.5
SE
9
1.4
SE
9
1.4
SE
9
1.2
ESE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4166
4953
4497
3856
3109
2239
1601
1199
932
1491
1264
1137
984
777
612
593
675
422
427
357
349
314
321
242
Wind (km/h)
50
S
50
S
45
S
45
S
40
S
35
S
35
S
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
WSW
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
5
SE
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
High Tide
00:54AM1.67m
1:22PM1.70m
1:49AM1.70m
2:19PM1.77m
2:46AM1.73m
3:16PM1.84m
Low Tide
6:42PM0.36m
7:07AM0.30m
7:39PM0.34m
8:00AM0.29m
8:39PM0.30m
8:58AM0.26m
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:26
7:24
7:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:00
5:01
5:01
 mm
4
4
3
4
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
12
11
11
11
11
11
11
10
10
10
10
10
9
9
10
10
10
10
9
8
9
9
10
9
Feels °C
3
2
2
2
3
3
4
2
3
3
4
4
4
5
5
5
6
6
5
4
6
5
7
7
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Last Chance surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest