Nicks Point surf break

Nicks Point surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 14 Apr 2026 NZST
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Nicks Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Nicks Point sea temperature is
15.4° C
(Which is 3.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Nicks Point today?

The current surf forecast for Nicks Point at 1AM is: 1.7m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.4m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (15 Apr)7ft (2.1m)6s
Evening (15 Apr)10ft (3.0m)9s

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


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Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
4
4
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.7
W
1.8
W
1.5
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
1
W
2.1
W
3
W
3
W
4
W
5.5
W
6
WSW
5.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)11111111101010106899111212121212121213131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7086066707234763392401963611083149831006532108879926658850234217335929962859269824772396
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
W
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
30
WNW
40
W
40
W
50
W
50
W
60
W
50
WSW
45
W
45
W
35
W
30
W
25
NW
20
NNW
20
N
20
NNE
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:08PM
2.30
11:25AM
2.39
11:52PM
2.42
12:10PM
2.52
12:36AM
2.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:05PM
0.47
5:27AM
0.48
5:50PM
0.37
6:10AM
0.37
6:35PM
0.30
6:54AM
0.29
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sunrise------7:24-------7:24-------7:26-
Sunset-6:13-------6:10-------6:08------
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
--11----33221161111----1
Temp. °C121210109910111010101010101011111111910101114
Feels °C (?)99654467411-1-1-2-11134355610
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