Inner Cut Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.26° S 173.26° E

Inner Cut 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 16 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Inner Cut sea temperature is
11.6° C
1.0° 

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 (16 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 15s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 5s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Inner Cut at 8PM is: 0.4m 5s primary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 16). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jul)--
Afternoon (16 Jul)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Evening (16 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)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 Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
NNW
15
0.4
NNW
5
0.4
NNW
5
0.3
NNW
5
0.2
NNW
4
0.2
NNW
4
0.3
SW
2
0.1
NW
15
0.1
NW
16
0.2
NNW
16
0.2
NNW
16
0.1
NW
16
0.1
NW
16
0.1
NW
16
0.1
NW
16
0.1
NW
18
0.3
NW
5
0.2
NNW
5
0.2
NNW
5
0.2
NNW
5
0.4
SW
3
0.3
SW
3
0.3
SW
2
0.1
N
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
22
8
7
5
2
2
1
0
0
24
24
0
0
0
0
0
4
2
2
2
2
1
1
3
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSE
5
NNE
Wind State
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
High Tide
11:28PM4.50m
11:52AM4.20m
00:10AM4.40m
12:37PM4.12m
00:52AM4.23m
Low Tide
5:14PM0.52m
5:32AM0.41m
5:56PM0.53m
6:16AM0.50m
6:35PM0.64m
6:58AM0.67m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:47
7:47
7:46
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:16
5:17
5:19
5:20
 mm
Temp °C
16
13
10
8
7
5
6
11
13
10
7
6
5
6
7
12
13
11
8
8
8
9
9
11
Feels °C
13
11
7
5
5
1
2
8
10
8
4
3
1
1
2
7
9
7
4
4
4
6
7
9
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