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Nugget Point Surf Forecast
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Nugget Point surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 19 Jul 2025 NZST
How big are the waves at Nugget Point today?
The current surf forecast for Nugget Point at 5AM is: 1.1m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.3m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm July 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Jul) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 17s |
| Afternoon (20 Jul) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 16s |
| Evening (20 Jul) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Nugget Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Sunday 20 | Monday 21 | Tuesday 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |  |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 1346 | 1105 | 1139 | 1075 | 1128 | 854 | 838 | 1000 | 876 | 881 | 1092 | 1238 | 1358 | 1182 | 1030 | 901 | 757 | 622 | 620 | 1056 | 1791 | 1814 | 1634 | 1397 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 10:05PM 2.27 | 10:42AM 2.31 | 11:10PM 2.28 | 11:47AM 2.34 | 12:13AM 2.31 | 12:48PM 2.39 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 4:22AM 0.93 | 4:55PM 0.98 | 5:27AM 0.90 | 6:02PM 0.96 | 6:30AM 0.83 | |||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 20 | Monday 21 | Tuesday 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 8:15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:12 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:21 | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 |
| Feels °C (?) | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 9 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Catlins
The wind is still cross-off at Nugget Point (light winds from the WNW at Nugget Point Automatic Weather Station 0 km from Nugget Point). 1.4m 10s swell from the E with a 1.0m 16s long period groundswell from the SSW and a 0.6m 12s groundswell from the ESE. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.
1 h 5 min ago
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