Outer Cut Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.26° S 173.26° E

Outer Cut 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 16 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Outer Cut sea temperature is
12.9°C
0.6° 

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 (17 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 5s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Outer Cut at 12AM is: 0.7m 5s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)--
Afternoon (17 Sep)3ft (0.9m)5s
Evening (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Wed afternoon, min 8°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
NNW
5
0.9
NNW
5
0.7
NNW
5
0.7
N
5
0.8
N
5
0.9
NNW
5
1.4
N
6
1.4
N
6
1.7
N
7
1.3
N
7
1
N
7
1
NNE
8
0.8
NNE
8
0.7
N
8
0.5
N
8
0.2
NNW
16
0.2
NNW
16
0.2
NNW
16
0.2
NNW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
39
50
24
23
33
43
123
144
254
181
106
120
81
58
29
25
24
24
24
Wind (km/h)
5
NE
5
NNE
5
N
0
NNE
5
NE
10
N
20
N
20
N
25
NNE
25
NNE
15
ENE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
5
SW
10
NNW
10
WNW
25
SW
10
S
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
glassy
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
12:43PM3.91m
00:59AM3.69m
1:16PM3.72m
1:39AM3.41m
1:53PM3.48m
Low Tide
6:30PM0.95m
7:01AM1.01m
7:05PM1.21m
7:40AM1.25m
7:50PM1.48m
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:24
6:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:16
6:17
6:19
 mm
1
1
4
3
4
2
1
Temp °C
15
13
12
11
11
12
13
13
13
13
12
9
8
9
10
13
15
13
11
Feels °C
14
11
11
11
10
10
9
9
8
9
10
7
5
7
9
11
12
8
9
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