Outer Cut Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.26° S 173.26° E

Outer Cut 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 16 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Outer Cut sea temperature is
17.4°C
3.4° 

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


How big are the waves at Outer Cut today (16 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with NNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 7s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Outer Cut at 6AM is: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Afternoon (16 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Evening (16 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)7s

Table - waves today at Outer Cut. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Wed afternoon, min 10°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thu
19
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
NW
6
1.1
NW
5
1.1
NW
5
0.8
NNW
5
1.2
NNW
5
1.4
NNW
6
1.5
N
7
1.4
N
7
1.7
NNW
7
1
N
6
0.9
N
6
0.8
N
6
0.7
N
6
1.4
NNW
6
0.9
NNW
5
0.7
NNW
5
0.5
N
5
0.5
N
7
0.4
N
6
0.4
NNW
6
0.2
NNW
8
0.2
NNW
8
0.4
NNW
5
0.4
NNW
5
0.3
NNW
4
0.2
NNW
4
0.2
NNW
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
101
69
69
28
87
150
202
181
285
74
58
48
38
123
42
28
12
24
13
12
6
6
9
7
3
1
2
Wind (km/h)
5
SSW
5
S
5
SW
5
N
30
N
20
NNW
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
5
E
10
NE
5
NE
10
NNE
5
N
5
W
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
25
WSW
30
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SSW
Wind State
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
glassy
cross
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
High Tide
2:38AM3.34m
2:45PM3.41m
3:31AM3.24m
3:42PM3.27m
4:32AM3.18m
4:50PM3.23m
5:36AM3.17m
Low Tide
8:42AM1.31m
8:48PM1.44m
9:31AM1.39m
9:51PM1.54m
10:27AM1.45m
11:04PM1.55m
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Temp °C
14
13
13
15
17
17
17
17
16
16
15
14
17
17
18
13
11
10
11
16
18
20
17
12
10
10
9
Feels °C
13
12
13
14
13
15
17
17
17
17
14
14
16
17
17
8
6
4
6
11
13
15
11
5
6
7
7
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