Outer Cut Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.26° S 173.26° E

Outer Cut 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 27 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Outer Cut sea temperature is
16.9°C
3.6° 

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 (28 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with NNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Outer Cut at 1AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a North direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Oct)1ft (0.3m)10s
Afternoon (28 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Evening (28 Oct)3ft (0.9m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue afternoon, min 8°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tue
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
N
8
0.9
N
8
0.7
N
8
0.6
N
8
0.5
N
8
0.5
N
7
0.9
NW
6
0.8
NNW
5
1.3
NNW
6
1
NNW
6
1
NNW
6
0.9
NNW
8
0.4
NNW
8
0.8
NNW
7
0.9
NNW
6
1
NNW
7
0.8
NNW
7
0.6
N
6
0.4
NNW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
165
105
61
41
28
27
52
33
109
82
78
83
19
59
59
88
65
22
22
Wind (km/h)
20
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
W
15
W
10
W
15
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
5
W
5
W
15
SW
30
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
11:25PM4.23m
12:00PM4.32m
00:09AM4.18m
12:41PM4.26m
Low Tide
5:11PM0.37m
5:25AM0.45m
5:50PM0.37m
6:09AM0.53m
6:33PM0.49m
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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clear
clear
part cloud
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rain showers
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Temp °C
19
16
10
8
8
8
14
15
15
12
11
10
11
12
12
12
15
13
11
Feels °C
13
11
5
3
3
4
9
11
12
8
6
5
7
10
11
9
8
6
5
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