Jacks Point Surf Forecast

/ Canterbury (28 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Jacks Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 16 Nov 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 14.3° C
(Which is 3.3°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 4PM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 16). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	11s
Afternoon (16 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	11s
Evening (16 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	11s

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

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	Sunday 16					Monday 17								Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19
	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	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	E	ENE	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	6	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	114	151	149	227	81	115	52	184	149	600	600	149	166	66	46	522	616	238	189	198	220	190	146	140
Wind (km/h)	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NNE	NNE	NNW	NW	NNW	NE	N	N	N	N	N	N	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	S	SSW	SW	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			1:40PM 2.08				2:06AM 2.06				2:23PM 2.03				2:39AM 2.11				2:54PM 2.04				3:10AM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)	7:29AM 0.70				7:45PM 0.64				8:17AM 0.65				8:20PM 0.61				8:57AM 0.60				8:56PM 0.59

	Sunday 16					Monday 17								Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	13	13	14	11	9	9	9	16	20	23	20	16	15	14	14	19	22	22	23	12	11	10	11
Feels °C (?)	9	8	8	9	6	6	7	5	13	16	17	15	12	11	10	10	14	16	18	21	8	9	8	9

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