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Nicks Point surf break

Nicks Point surfForecast / Southland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 20 Nov 2025 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
12.8° C
 (Which is 1.8°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 9AM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)8ft (2.5m)13s
Afternoon (20 Nov)8ft (2.5m)14s
Evening (20 Nov)8ft (2.5m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
1
1
3
2
1
1
2
3
5
4
1
0
0
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)131313141414141313131313141415151414141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)243322582123223325532480236222932135164918861659234528402861251321672107196919291990258723662008
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
N
10
N
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
N
25
NNW
20
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
25
W
15
NW
15
WNW
25
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
30
W
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:55AM
2.33
2:10PM
2.29
2:33AM
2.31
2:45PM
2.26
3:10AM
2.28
3:21PM
2.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:12AM
0.72
8:28PM
0.65
8:49AM
0.74
9:05PM
0.66
9:26AM
0.76
9:42PM
0.67
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
Sunrise-6:01-------6:00-------5:58------
Sunset-----9:07-------9:07-------9:08--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------37641-----------
Temp. °C1112182119201816121110111112111199111313121110
Feels °C (?)991518161713118657654535775445
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