Jacks Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 03 Apr 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
15.3° C
(Which is 2.7°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 2AM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)4s
Afternoon (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Evening (04 Apr)2ft (0.6m)4s

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


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Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
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 (?)
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
Period(s) (?)12111111111045544416161515156666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)89644331301720322512118252422232324252628293323
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
S
25
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
15
E
15
ESE
15
E
10
E
5
NE
0
NE
5
SW
0
W
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononglassglassglassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:24PM
2.13
5:20AM
2.13
6:03PM
2.09
5:49AM
2.17
6:45PM
2.04
6:29AM
2.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:34PM
0.65
11:50AM
0.56
12:13AM
0.71
12:35PM
0.58
12:51AM
0.76
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise------7:54-------7:54-------7:56-
Sunset-7:22-------7:21-------7:19------
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------14431111----------
Temp. °C23202016161612101091010101011111212121212121212
Feels °C (?)1916151314138676887798109101112121211
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