Outer Cut Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.26° S 173.26° E

Outer Cut 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 13 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Outer Cut sea temperature is
17.2°C
3.2° 

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 (13 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Nov, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 14s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Nov, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 6s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Outer Cut at 11PM is: 0.3m 5s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Nov)--
Afternoon (13 Nov)0.5ft (0.1m)14s
Evening (13 Nov)1ft (0.3m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Sun afternoon, min 11°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Mon
16
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
N
15
0.1
N
14
0.3
NNW
6
0.3
NNW
5
0.1
N
13
0.1
N
13
0.1
N
13
0.1
N
13
0.1
N
13
0.1
N
13
0.1
N
12
0.1
N
12
0.1
N
12
0.1
N
12
0.1
N
12
0.9
NNW
5
1.2
NNW
6
1.1
NNW
6
1.6
NW
6
0.6
NNW
5
0.7
NNW
5
0.8
NNW
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4
4
6
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
36
94
89
171
17
25
35
Wind (km/h)
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
S
10
SSW
5
S
5
S
5
N
15
N
15
NNE
5
NNE
5
S
5
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
NW
10
NNE
10
NE
5
NE
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
S
0
S
Wind State
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
glassy
cross
glassy
glassy
cross
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
High Tide
1:09AM3.58m
1:23PM3.81m
1:51AM3.46m
2:00PM3.61m
2:38AM3.34m
Low Tide
6:40PM1.03m
7:15AM1.11m
7:16PM1.15m
7:57AM1.22m
7:58PM1.29m
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
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Temp °C
16
15
13
13
12
12
16
17
16
15
13
12
11
12
14
17
19
19
15
13
12
13
Feels °C
14
15
12
12
11
11
15
15
14
14
12
11
10
11
13
15
17
19
14
12
11
12
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