Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Nugget Point today (21 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 15s period with SSW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 15s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 15s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Nugget Point at 9AM is: 1.5m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.4m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (21 Sep) | 5ft (1.5m) | 15s |
| Afternoon (21 Sep) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 15s |
| Evening (21 Sep) | 5ft (1.6m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at Nugget Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 16mm), heaviest on Mon night. Very mild (max 18°C on Mon afternoon, min 4°C on Tue night). Mainly strong winds. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Monday 21 | Tuesday 22 | Wednesday 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SW 15 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 3283 | 2354 | 924 | 807 | 818 | 851 | 1110 | 1241 | 6587 | 1706 | 1875 | 2082 | 2650 | 6228 | 2716 | 4122 | 9115 | 8641 | 3895 | 3685 | 7620 | 7000 | 5737 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off |
High Tide | 10:58AM2.06m | 11:21PM2.06m | 11:50AM2.10m | 00:10AM2.12m | 12:35PM2.17m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:42AM1.13m | 5:14PM1.18m | 5:38AM1.06m | 6:07PM1.08m | 6:26AM0.96m | 6:50PM0.97m | |||||||||||||||||
 |  |  | | |  |  | |  | | | |  | | | |  | |  | | | | | |
 | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:37 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Temp °C | 7 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
Feels °C | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | -3 | -3 | -2 | -1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 |
| kJ | 3283 | 2354 | 924 | 807 | 818 | 851 | 1110 | 1241 | 1507 | 1706 | 1875 | 2082 | 2650 | 3818 | 2716 | 4122 | 3913 | 3901 | 3895 | 3685 | 3479 | 1794 | 1586 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 10 | NE 6 | ESE 13 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | E 11 | E 11 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 |
| kJ | 11 | 11 | 475 | 319 | 174 | 5 | 17 | 226 | 201 | 177 | 154 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 388 | 380 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | ENE 11 | ESE 10 | E 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ENE 6 | E 13 | E 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | — | — | — | — | — | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | E 10 | E 10 |
| kJ | — | 23 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 31 | 30 | 34 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | ENE 11 | NNW 3 | NE 6 | SSW 10 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 15 | SW 8 | WNW 3 | WNW 3 | W 3 | SW 15 | SW 9 | SW 9 | SW 15 | SW 15 | — | — | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 |
| kJ | — | — | 45 | 3 | 9 | 192 | 268 | 579 | 6587 | 398 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6228 | 399 | 890 | 9115 | 8641 | — | — | 7620 | 7000 | 5737 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 53 | 5 | 18 | 53 | 5 | 81 | 5 | 5 | 395 | 50 | 8 | 53 | 154 | 369 | 458 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Catlins | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Nugget Point surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest