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Jacks Point surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 20 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
13.9° C
 (Which is 2.9°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 11AM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (20 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (20 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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

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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
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 (?)
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)9999991010101010101010101010101099455
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)83856261834244442929485033333131301716154183536
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
SSE
15
E
20
ENE
20
NE
15
N
15
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
15
SSE
5
SE
10
E
10
E
15
ENE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
5
ENE
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offcrossoncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:42AM
2.16
3:48PM
2.23
4:17AM
2.15
4:18PM
2.34
4:55AM
2.12
4:52PM
2.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:05AM
0.61
10:19PM
0.59
10:39AM
0.66
11:03PM
0.63
11:17AM
0.74
11:45PM
0.70
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
Sunrise-5:54-------5:52-------5:52------
Sunset-----8:46-------8:47-------8:50--
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131416181818171716162014131211101110101112121312
Feels °C (?)1112141413141514131319886889778991211
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