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Jacks Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 07 Feb 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
16.4° C
 (Which is 2.2°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 5PM is: 0.5m 3s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 07). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Feb)1ft (0.3m)7s
Afternoon (07 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)3s
Evening (07 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)4s

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

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Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ESE
0.3
E
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
E
0.6
S
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.7
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)7734443565544987134131314141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9854107842522710996610558161719192019
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
10
NE
10
E
15
ENE
0
NE
10
SW
30
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
ESE
10
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
5
N
5
NW
5
SSW
15
SSW
25
SSE
20
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
10
NNE
5
WNW
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		ononglasscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglasscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		ononcrosscross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:16AM
2.01
9:01PM
1.97
9:10AM
1.94
9:57PM
1.94
10:10AM
1.92
10:55PM
1.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:24PM
0.66
2:54AM
0.83
3:18PM
0.69
3:44AM
0.87
4:18PM
0.73
4:44AM
0.88
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise-------6:41-------6:43-------6:43
Sunset---8:55-------8:54-------8:53----
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------1------------11-
Temp. °C142020181716131212121213131312131413131313141314
Feels °C (?)1117181618157891091010121112119101112131213
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