Jacks Point Surf Forecast

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Jacks Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 20 Aug 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 9.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Jacks Point today?

The current surf forecast for Jacks Point at 3AM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm August 20). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Aug)	1.5ft (0.4m)	16s
Afternoon (21 Aug)	1.5ft (0.4m)	15s
Evening (21 Aug)	2ft (0.6m)	15s

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

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		Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
	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)	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SSE	SE	SSE	SE
Period(s) (?)	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	11	11	10	10	16	16	15	9	19	9	17	8	8	15
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	101	106	134	132	134	128	94	153	149	190	88	82	54	53	69	67	62	57	64	58	50	23	19	16
Wind (km/h)	WNW	SSE	S	WSW	WNW	SE	E	ENE	NW	WNW	WNW	W	W	NE	ENE	NE	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	ENE	ENE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			1:13AM 2.42				1:46PM 2.43				1:58AM 2.43				2:49PM 2.40				2:40AM 2.39					3:43PM 2.34
Low Tide / height (m)	7:00PM 0.61				7:25AM 0.65				7:47PM 0.66				8:17AM 0.58				8:33PM 0.72					9:06AM 0.54

		Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	9	8	9	10	10	10	9	8	8	7	7	9	10	9	8	7	7	6	6	8	8	8
Feels °C (?)	7	6	8	6	6	8	6	7	6	5	5	4	5	7	7	6	5	4	5	3	4	5	5	5

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Canterbury

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Jacks Point (calm at Marchwiel wx 7 km from Jacks Point). 1.1m 7s swell from the SSE with a 0.5m 9s swell from the SE and a 0.3m 16s long period groundswell, also from the SE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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