Jacks Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 22 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Jacks Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Jacks Point sea temperature is
16.3° C
(Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Jacks Point today?

The current surf forecast for Jacks Point at 10PM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 22). An open ocean swell of 2.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Feb)--
Afternoon (22 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (22 Feb)3ft (0.9m)6s

Table - waves today at Jacks Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
1.1
NE
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.3
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.7
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
Period(s) (?)125676776665551166611111010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4758596343352719913551392057653330403635252516
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
15
SSE
15
S
0
NE
5
NNE
10
N
15
NNE
20
NE
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NW
30
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
15
NNE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:24PM
2.10
8:23AM
2.00
9:24PM
2.15
9:23AM
2.00
10:27PM
2.22
10:27AM
2.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:00PM
0.50
2:31AM
0.68
2:52PM
0.55
3:24AM
0.79
3:49PM
0.61
4:25AM
0.86
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise------7:03-------7:03-------7:05-
Sunset-8:34-------8:31-------8:30------
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181813121110121617191618151515141413131110101117
Feels °C (?)13151012107912121714139111010101011987714
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