Outer Cut Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.26° S 173.26° E

Outer Cut 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 23 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Outer Cut sea temperature is
16.6°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 (23 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 20s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 4s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Outer Cut at 3PM is: 0.1m 20s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Oct)--
Afternoon (23 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)20s
Evening (23 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Sat afternoon, min 10°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
NW
13
0.1
NW
17
0.1
N
20
0.2
N
4
0.1
NW
18
0.1
NW
17
0.1
NW
17
0.1
NW
16
0.2
NNE
4
0.6
NNW
5
0.7
NNW
5
0.8
NNW
5
0.6
NNW
5
0.4
NNW
5
0.4
NNW
4
0.3
NNW
4
0.3
NNW
4
0.3
NNW
4
0.4
NNW
4
0.5
NNW
5
0.5
NNW
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
0
0
8
1
0
0
0
0
2
15
23
33
20
7
7
4
4
4
6
13
14
Wind (km/h)
5
NW
10
N
10
N
10
NE
5
SSE
5
S
5
S
10
SW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
20
W
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
W
15
SW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
on
on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
8:28AM3.40m
8:46PM3.66m
9:17AM3.65m
9:25PM3.90m
10:01AM3.90m
Low Tide
2:33PM1.08m
2:53AM1.00m
3:15PM0.85m
3:30AM0.74m
3:54PM0.63m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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6:26
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6:24
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7:55
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7:57
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Temp °C
14
16
16
15
13
13
12
11
18
19
21
21
14
12
11
10
17
20
21
20
15
Feels °C
13
15
14
14
12
12
11
9
16
17
19
17
10
8
6
6
13
17
19
18
12
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