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Nicks Point Surf Forecast
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Nicks Point surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 19 Oct 2025 NZDT
How big are the waves at Nicks Point today?
The current surf forecast for Nicks Point at 8PM is: 4.0m 14s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (19 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (19 Oct) | 13ft (4.0m) | 14s |
| Evening (19 Oct) | 13ft (4.0m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Nicks Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Sunday 19 | Monday 20 | Tuesday 21 | Wednesday 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 10 AM | 1 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 7504 | 7217 | 5119 | 3732 | 2989 | 3114 | 4206 | 3542 | 4130 | 3974 | 4265 | 7557 | 8213 | 11248 | 14747 | 17197 | 21363 | 19561 | 18840 | 19396 | 17160 | 17400 | 17727 | 16501 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:04AM 2.36 | 1:25PM 2.34 | 1:42AM 2.39 | 2:01PM 2.37 | 2:18AM 2.40 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 7:01PM 0.51 | 7:22AM 0.50 | 7:40PM 0.51 | 8:00AM 0.53 | 8:16PM 0.53 | 8:37AM 0.59 | ||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 19 | Monday 20 | Tuesday 21 | Wednesday 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 6:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:41 | - | - |
| Sunset | - | 8:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 13 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Temp. °C | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| Feels °C (?) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | -1 | -4 | -4 | -3 | -3 | -3 | -2 | -1 | -1 | -1 | 2 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Southland
The wind is still cross-off at Nicks Point (strong winds from the W at InvercargillAeroAws 33 km from Nicks Point). A 3.4m groundswell from the W is too big for here
33 km away, 2 h 25 min ago
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