Jacks Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 07 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
16.2° C
(Which is 2.4°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: 0.2m 16s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)16s
Afternoon (08 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (08 Mar)4ft (1.2m)5s

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


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Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
0.5
E
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.4
E
0.4
SE
0.5
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)9915161616168161657666161515141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28402324242524248714081125664129616057535147454442
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
NE
5
S
10
SSW
10
S
5
S
0
ESE
10
ESE
20
SSE
25
S
40
S
30
S
20
S
15
SW
10
W
0
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
0
SSW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
N
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
glasscross-
off
crosscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offglasscrosscrosscrossglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:30PM
2.03
7:18AM
2.04
8:19PM
1.98
8:14AM
2.02
9:15PM
1.94
9:22AM
2.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:03PM
0.57
1:30AM
0.77
1:51PM
0.60
2:13AM
0.82
2:44PM
0.67
2:59AM
0.88
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise------7:20-------7:20-------7:22-
Sunset-8:12-------8:09-------8:07------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C20181716161517201715121110910121211111010101113
Feels °C (?)18161715151518191511555571098899888
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