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Jacks Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 08 Jan 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
15.8° C
 (Which is 2.2°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 7AM is: 0.2m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)7s
Afternoon (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)3s
Evening (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)4s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 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
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
E
0.2
E
0.1
SE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.9
NE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
E
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
NE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
E
0.2
E
Period(s) (?)11811778335555534446644455
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)25444555378772813121320863322
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
NW
5
NE
5
W
5
ENE
15
ENE
25
ENE
15
NNE
15
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
25
SSE
25
SE
15
E
20
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNW
15
NW
25
WNW
35
NW
30
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:31PM
2.23
8:15AM
2.29
8:34PM
2.10
9:06AM
2.15
9:34PM
2.00
9:58AM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:42AM
0.61
2:01PM
0.78
2:37AM
0.71
2:59PM
0.78
3:31AM
0.80
4:01PM
0.76
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise---6:00-------6:01-------6:01----
Sunset-------9:21-------9:21-------9:21
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
21----------------------
Temp. °C161615151719181820191817191616151514141423262725
Feels °C (?)161615151717151718161514151314121312121220212019
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