Jacks Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 08 Apr 2026 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
15.9° C
(Which is 3.6°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: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 08). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
1
ENE
1.1
NE
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.7
ENE
Period(s) (?)101010111010101010101010999999555667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)325296313267262216172162125121908785624242424340555674137279
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
5
NW
15
SSE
5
SSW
5
W
10
WSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
E
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
N
15
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:40PM
1.97
8:51AM
2.05
9:38PM
2.03
9:56AM
1.97
10:25PM
2.07
10:49AM
1.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:13PM
0.81
2:16AM
0.99
3:09PM
0.87
3:31AM
1.03
4:00PM
0.88
4:45AM
0.98
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise------7:01-------7:01-------7:03-
Sunset-6:13-------6:10-------6:08------
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222017161414162118161515141312131313121099914
Feels °C (?)18181413111114201515141312111010101010766611
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