Nicks Point surf break

Nicks Point surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 02 Apr 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
15.5° C
(Which is 3.2°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 6PM is: 1.8m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.4m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (02 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Evening (02 Apr)6ft (1.8m)9s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
2
1
2
3
3
2
4
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
2
W
2
W
2.2
W
2.4
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.4
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
Period(s) (?)12128891091011111111121211111111131313131414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)36732524145050558050253591896912301491168819671763133810161184193530743355335534063768
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
10
NNW
15
WSW
15
W
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
N
20
N
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
E
5
E
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:27PM
2.50
2:47AM
2.46
3:05PM
2.48
3:23AM
2.43
3:43PM
2.43
3:58AM
2.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:25AM
0.37
8:47PM
0.40
9:04AM
0.43
9:25PM
0.49
9:41AM
0.51
10:03PM
0.60
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise--------8:07-------8:08-------
Sunset---7:37-------7:35-------7:32----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------231-1------
Temp. °C15192120181614131418181715121211111112111010109
Feels °C (?)1217181817151211121514131167688998886
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