Jacks Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 28 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
16.0° C
(Which is 3.0°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 5AM is: 0.1m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am December 28). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Dec)0.5ft (0.2m)4s
Afternoon (28 Dec)1ft (0.3m)8s
Evening (28 Dec)0.5ft (0.1m)10s

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

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Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.1
E
0.1
SE
0.2
SSE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.3
ESE
0.1
E
0.1
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.4
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)39749989109998888878889109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3222221434131312111111243155761743813330
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
5
E
5
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
10
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offglassoffcross-
on
onononglassglasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:41PM
2.07
10:08AM
2.06
10:40PM
2.10
10:58AM
2.10
11:41PM
2.15
11:52AM
2.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:57AM
0.67
4:26PM
0.67
4:48AM
0.68
5:19PM
0.60
5:47AM
0.70
6:12PM
0.56
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Sunrise---5:50-------5:50-------5:50----
Sunset-------9:21-------9:21-------9:22
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------------------11--2
Temp. °C121110101314151413121111121313131212121212131311
Feels °C (?)10988111012111211910111010119910108998
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