Inner Cut Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.26° S 173.26° E

Inner Cut 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 14 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Inner Cut sea temperature is
11.4° C
1.2° 

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 (15 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with N swell.
  • 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 1AM is: 0.8m 7s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jul)2ft (0.6m)7s
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

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 15°C on Wed afternoon, min 7°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Fri
17
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)
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
NNW
8
0.9
NNW
7
1.3
NNW
7
0.8
N
7
0.7
N
7
0.6
N
7
0.6
N
7
0.5
N
6
0.5
N
6
0.7
NW
5
0.9
NW
5
0.2
NNW
16
0.8
NNW
5
0.9
NNW
6
0.7
NNW
6
0.6
N
6
0.5
N
6
0.8
NW
6
0.4
NNW
5
0.3
NNW
5
0.2
NNW
5
0.2
NNW
5
0.2
NNW
5
0.1
NW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
138
84
158
57
43
31
32
21
20
23
36
24
32
48
35
23
15
38
8
5
2
2
2
0
Wind (km/h)
5
ENE
5
SE
5
SW
5
S
5
SE
10
SSW
10
SW
5
W
0
W
0
ENE
0
S
5
SSW
0
S
5
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
5
WNW
Wind State
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
High Tide
10:00PM4.35m
10:12AM4.14m
10:45PM4.49m
11:04AM4.20m
11:28PM4.50m
11:52AM4.20m
Low Tide
3:32PM0.75m
3:56AM0.52m
4:27PM0.59m
4:46AM0.42m
5:14PM0.52m
5:32AM0.41m
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:48
7:48
7:47
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:15
5:16
5:16
5:17
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
13
12
12
10
10
9
10
13
15
13
12
11
11
10
11
13
13
11
9
8
7
7
8
11
Feels °C
12
11
11
8
8
7
8
12
14
12
11
10
11
9
9
10
11
8
5
4
4
4
5
9
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