Jacks Point Surf Forecast

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Jacks Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 NZST

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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 10.2° C
(Which is 1.2°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 1AM is: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	6s
Afternoon (17 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	7s
Evening (17 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	4s

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

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		Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	ESE	SSE	ESE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	SSE	SE	SE	SE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	16	10	6	7	7	4	4	4	4	12	10	13	13	5	7	8	9	9	9	10	11	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	12	11	24	11	32	48	42	12	12	17	6	13	14	27	44	49	62	160	144	106	110	92	169	210
Wind (km/h)	NW	NW	N	N	NNE	NNW	NW	ESE	SSE	NNW	NW	WNW	W	WNW	S	S	S	SSW	SW	W	WNW	NNE	NE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		11:20PM 2.29				11:31AM 2.43					12:15AM 2.34				12:29PM 2.41				1:05AM 2.34				1:30PM 2.35
Low Tide / height (m)				5:20AM 0.76				5:55PM 0.58					6:18AM 0.71				6:45PM 0.60				7:11AM 0.65

		Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	14	11	11	14	20	19	12	10	9	11	10	12	15	14	8	7	6	5	5	6	8	9	7
Feels °C (?)	8	9	7	6	10	14	14	10	9	5	4	5	9	12	10	3	2	-1	-1	1	2	4	3	1

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Canterbury

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Jacks Point (light winds from the NNW at Marchwiel wx 7 km from Jacks Point). 0.5m 11s groundswell from the SE with a 0.4m 4s local chop from the ENE and a 0.3m 11s groundswell from the ESE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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1 h 23 min ago

8 km/h

NNW

Clean

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