Inner Cut Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.26° S 173.26° E

Inner Cut 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 15 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Inner Cut sea temperature is
11.5° C
1.1° 

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 (15 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 6s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for Inner Cut at 11PM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 15). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jul)--
Afternoon (15 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Evening (15 Jul)3ft (0.9m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu afternoon, min 5°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
N
6
0.7
NW
5
0.9
NW
5
0.9
NW
5
0.2
NNW
16
1.4
NW
6
0.7
NNW
6
0.2
NNW
15
0.2
NNW
15
0.4
NNW
6
0.4
NNW
5
0.3
NNW
5
0.2
NNW
5
0.2
NNW
5
0.3
SW
3
0.3
SW
3
0.1
NW
16
0.2
NNW
16
0.1
NW
16
0.1
NW
16
0.1
NW
16
0.1
NW
16
0.4
SW
2
0.2
NNW
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
20
25
38
36
24
133
31
23
22
12
9
5
2
2
1
2
0
24
0
0
0
0
2
2
Wind (km/h)
5
NW
0
ENE
5
S
0
W
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
NW
0
W
10
S
10
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
Wind State
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
10:45PM4.49m
11:04AM4.20m
11:28PM4.50m
11:52AM4.20m
00:10AM4.40m
Low Tide
4:27PM0.59m
4:46AM0.42m
5:14PM0.52m
5:32AM0.41m
5:56PM0.53m
6:16AM0.50m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:48
7:47
7:47
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:16
5:16
5:17
5:19
 mm
Temp °C
15
13
12
12
11
12
12
15
16
12
10
8
7
6
7
12
13
10
8
6
5
5
7
11
Feels °C
14
12
11
11
9
11
11
12
13
9
7
5
4
2
3
9
10
9
6
3
1
0
1
5
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