Outer Cut Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.26° S 173.26° E

Outer Cut 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 31 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Outer Cut sea temperature is
16.3°C
2.8° 

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 (31 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 15s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 3s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Outer Cut at 5PM is: 0.2m 15s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 31). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Oct)--
Afternoon (31 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Evening (31 Oct)1ft (0.3m)3s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Mon afternoon, min 8°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat night, fresh winds from the N by Mon afternoon).

Sat
31
Sunday
1
Monday
2
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
NW
15
0.3
NNE
2
0.2
NNW
15
0.2
NNW
15
0.3
NNE
3
0.2
NNE
3
0.1
NW
15
0.2
N
5
0.1
N
5
0.4
NNW
4
1.1
NNW
6
1.2
NNW
6
1
NNW
6
1.4
NW
6
0.9
NW
5
0.9
NNW
5
1
NNW
5
0.9
N
5
1.2
N
6
1.3
N
6
1.2
N
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
0
1
22
22
2
1
0
2
1
6
69
104
65
124
36
41
51
45
88
120
109
Wind (km/h)
5
NW
20
N
20
N
10
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
0
NW
5
SW
5
NW
15
NNE
20
NE
10
E
5
E
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
NNE
20
N
30
N
25
N
10
N
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross
cross
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
2:13PM3.88m
2:45AM3.59m
3:12PM3.64m
3:53AM3.39m
4:25PM3.45m
Low Tide
7:52AM0.84m
8:20PM0.97m
8:49AM1.03m
9:35PM1.18m
9:54AM1.20m
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Temp °C
12
12
12
11
11
10
10
8
11
13
15
14
12
11
10
9
13
16
18
16
15
Feels °C
9
8
7
7
9
8
9
6
9
10
11
12
11
10
9
7
11
12
12
12
14
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