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Nicks Point surf break

Nicks Point surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 21 Jan 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
15.1° C
 (Which is 2.1°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 11PM is: 0.7m 21s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)--
Afternoon (21 Jan)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (21 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)21s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
!
!
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.8
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.8
WSW
2.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
Period(s) (?)111121202018181816161616151514141414131212121313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1851812973393364316596446678081230870653763742638594577111719733213441741113350
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
15
SW
10
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
0
W
10
WSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
25
S
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrossonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:00PM
2.28
4:26AM
2.30
4:40PM
2.30
5:06AM
2.30
5:24PM
2.30
5:49AM
2.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:24PM
0.38
10:41AM
0.45
11:07PM
0.40
11:25AM
0.48
11:52PM
0.45
12:12PM
0.52
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunrise-----6:24-------6:26-------6:26--
Sunset-9:34-------9:34-------9:32------
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------------------132
Temp. °C171615141414141516161413131212121313121212131313
Feels °C (?)1514141314141414141413111088788776998
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