Jacks Point Surf Forecast

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New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

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Jacks Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 20 Oct 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 12.4° C
(Which is 2.6°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 1PM is: 0.4m 4s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 20). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	4s
Afternoon (20 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	5s
Evening (20 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	5s

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

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	Monday 20							Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								Thu 23
	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NNE	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	SE	SE	E	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Period(s) (?)	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	7	15	16	12	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	7	3	3	5	5	5	4	2	4	9	10	12	25	25	94	60	58	44	89	100	105	102	99	95
Wind (km/h)	N	NNW	NW	WNW	NW	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	N	NW	WNW	W	W	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:09AM 2.18				3:27PM 2.05				3:42AM 2.21				3:53PM 2.04					4:13AM 2.23				4:19PM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)			9:23AM 0.60				9:22PM 0.57					10:03AM 0.58			9:58PM 0.54					10:39AM 0.58				10:40PM 0.53

	Monday 20							Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								Thu 23
Sunrise	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	7	14	18	18	14	9	10	9	10	16	18	16	13	10	7	6	6	14	17	18	16	13	12
Feels °C (?)	2	2	8	12	13	11	5	6	6	6	8	9	7	6	5	3	1	0	9	12	12	11	8	9

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Canterbury

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Jacks Point (light winds from the ENE at TimaruAeroAws 14 km from Jacks Point). 0.9m 3s local chop from the NNW with a 0.3m 4s local chop from the NE and a 0.2m 9s swell from the SE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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Actual: 51 min ago

15 km/h

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Cross-On

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