Inner Cut Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.26° S 173.26° E

Inner Cut 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Inner Cut sea temperature is
12.4°C
0.2° 

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 (01 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 6s period with NNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 6s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 15s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Inner Cut at 5PM is: 0.2m 15s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Sep)1ft (0.3m)6s
Afternoon (01 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)6s
Evening (01 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 16°C on Wed afternoon, min 8°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
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
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
NNW
6
0.3
NNW
6
0.2
NNW
6
0.2
NNW
15
0.2
NNW
15
0.4
NW
6
0.4
NNW
4
0.2
WSW
2
0.1
N
18
0.3
NNW
5
0.8
NW
6
0.6
NNW
5
1.1
NW
6
1.1
NW
6
0.7
NNW
5
0.8
NNW
5
0.7
NNW
6
0.9
NNW
6
0.9
NNW
6
1
N
6
1.5
NNW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
8
8
4
21
21
0
7
1
6
5
49
0
90
84
24
33
31
45
58
71
159
Wind (km/h)
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
5
W
0
W
0
SSE
5
S
0
SSW
5
N
5
NNE
5
WNW
5
ENE
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross
glassy
glassy
High Tide
12:20PM4.02m
00:29AM4.09m
12:55PM3.93m
1:10AM3.90m
1:33PM3.76m
Low Tide
6:09PM0.55m
6:26AM0.61m
6:47PM0.72m
7:07AM0.80m
7:31PM0.95m
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:52
6:50
6:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:01
6:02
6:04
 mm
Temp °C
9
12
12
10
9
10
9
8
11
14
16
13
12
12
12
12
12
14
16
14
13
Feels °C
4
6
6
5
4
5
4
3
6
9
12
10
11
11
11
11
11
13
15
14
12
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