Jacks Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 23 Dec 2025 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
15.4° C
(Which is 2.8°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 11AM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (23 Dec)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (23 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Fri
26
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
1.3
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.9
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.6
E
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
Period(s) (?)1111111111111010101010999841111101010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)168168168168404112106100796057135282718141940373533221314
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
10
SW
10
SSE
25
SSE
15
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NNE
10
NW
15
W
5
SSE
10
W
20
W
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
20
NNW
20
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
25
NW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcrossoffoffcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:00AM
2.15
5:50PM
2.13
6:46AM
2.15
6:47PM
2.06
7:36AM
2.12
7:50PM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:21PM
0.87
12:32AM
0.79
1:06PM
0.86
1:22AM
0.78
1:52PM
0.84
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Fri
26
Sunrise-5:47-------5:47-------5:48------
Sunset-----9:19-------9:20-------9:20--
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131318161615141413121920201814111013162121191512
Feels °C (?)1211171114131312111015181713118791213121198
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