Jacks Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 29 Mar 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
16.6° C
(Which is 3.7°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: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (29 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (29 Mar)2ft (0.6m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wed
01
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
2
2
2
0
2
3
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ESE
0.7
E
0.4
ESE
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.6
ESE
0.8
SSE
1.3
S
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.5
SE
0.7
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.3
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
Period(s) (?)991212121212121212166111111151314141414131010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)110765018714111111122817710630613513597126115154789124071239631396112
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
15
NW
15
WNW
10
S
25
S
15
SSE
10
ESE
15
NNE
15
N
5
NNW
10
SSW
5
SSW
45
SSW
30
SSW
10
W
15
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcrosscrosscross-
on
oncrosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:03AM
2.48
1:29PM
2.25
2:03AM
2.47
2:22PM
2.22
3:02AM
2.43
3:12PM
2.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:22AM
0.67
7:35PM
0.57
8:12AM
0.65
8:28PM
0.53
9:01AM
0.64
9:18PM
0.51
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wed
01
Sunrise--7:47-------7:48-------7:48-----
Sunset-----7:31-------7:30-------7:28--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141414161717181716131312131311121389101111109
Feels °C (?)131312151617161414910101010101011-2166766
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