Inner Cut Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.26° S 173.26° E

Inner Cut 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Inner Cut sea temperature is
12.8°C
0.5° 

Inner 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 Inner Cut today (05 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Inner Cut at 10PM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 05). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)--
Afternoon (05 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Evening (05 Sep)3ft (0.9m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 33mm), heaviest during Sun night. Very mild (max 13°C on Sat afternoon, min 5°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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
2
1
0
0
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
NNW
5
0.9
NNW
6
0.9
NNW
6
0.7
NNW
6
0.7
NNW
5
0.9
NNW
17
1
NNW
5
1.1
NNW
6
1.5
N
6
1.8
N
7
1.6
N
8
1.4
N
7
1.3
N
7
1.1
N
7
1
N
8
0.8
N
8
0.7
N
8
0.6
N
9
0.5
N
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
32
50
52
31
27
394
62
80
176
358
291
206
162
124
114
80
68
55
41
Wind (km/h)
5
WNW
5
SSW
5
W
5
W
5
SSE
0
S
5
SW
10
NNW
5
N
5
WNW
0
NNE
10
NE
25
NE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
Wind State
on
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross
cross
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
3:20PM3.27m
4:11AM3.25m
5:04PM3.14m
5:40AM3.23m
6:55PM3.34m
Low Tide
10:03PM1.42m
10:17AM1.43m
11:40PM1.39m
11:55AM1.41m
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cloud
part cloud
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light rain
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:43
6:41
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:06
6:07
6:07
 mm
1
1
3
2
5
9
9
2
1
Temp °C
13
13
13
11
11
10
11
12
12
13
13
13
13
7
7
8
8
8
7
Feels °C
10
11
11
9
10
9
10
10
11
13
14
12
9
4
4
5
5
5
4
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