Nicks Point surf break

Nicks Point surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 04 Mar 2026 NZDT
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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 2.4°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 8AM is: 1.7m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)16s
Afternoon (04 Mar)5ft (1.6m)16s
Evening (04 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)15s

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


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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
3
4
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.6
WSW
3
W
Period(s) (?)181817161616151515141414141313131314151215141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)90711061203126113751278121483370660259456952940839638448467828434270678910173253
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
0
NNE
5
NW
5
WNW
5
SW
5
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
5
NNE
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
5
SSE
0
NNE
15
N
20
N
25
N
25
N
25
N
20
NNW
15
WNW
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglassglasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
ononglasscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:40AM
2.52
2:55PM
2.54
3:19AM
2.51
3:35PM
2.51
3:57AM
2.47
4:15PM
2.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:33PM
0.16
8:53AM
0.27
9:15PM
0.22
9:34AM
0.32
9:56PM
0.33
10:14AM
0.41
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise----7:26-------7:28-------7:28---
Sunset-------8:32-------8:30-------8:29
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part cloud
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part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------------22-
Temp. °C111111111315171614131211131721211916161618191718
Feels °C (?)91099121415141312109101419201613121114171615
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