Nugget Point surf break

Nugget Point surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 04 Dec 2025 NZDT
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Nugget Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Nugget Point sea temperature is
13.7° C
(Which is 2.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Nugget Point today?

The current surf forecast for Nugget Point at 2PM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 04). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Afternoon (04 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (04 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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

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Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sun
07
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
4
3
5
3
3
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
E
1.3
WSW
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
0.7
SSW
1.5
SW
4.5
WSW
3.5
SW
4
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)15151414139699918177815101112121313131314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)84845448464312261618110410120329920948651373385522225962173745553269
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
SSE
5
SSW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
15
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
W
35
W
35
W
30
W
25
WSW
25
SW
20
S
20
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrossoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:34AM
2.54
2:59PM
2.50
3:30AM
2.58
3:53PM
2.52
4:27AM
2.58
4:48PM
2.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:55AM
0.77
9:18PM
0.67
9:49AM
0.75
10:12PM
0.63
10:42AM
0.74
11:06PM
0.62
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sun
07
Sunrise-5:43-------5:43-------5:41------
Sunset-----9:16-------9:19-------9:20--
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C8813131415141110111920181614121212141514121111
Feels °C (?)66111113131297815171086445899867
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