Nugget Point surf break

Nugget Point surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 02 Apr 2026 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
14.7° C
(Which is 3.0°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 7PM is: 1.7m 14s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)5ft (1.5m)11s
Afternoon (02 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Evening (02 Apr)5ft (1.6m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
3
3
3
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
1.1
SW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SW
1.3
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)11111414131312121211111414141414714141515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5434661257118994377451942533726320620820620613378122791696931431151613371488
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
SW
5
E
5
NNE
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
0
NNW
5
NNE
5
NNW
10
N
15
NNW
25
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
W
5
W
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
ENE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossglassglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscrosscrossoffoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
off
glassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:11PM
2.47
4:31AM
2.44
4:49PM
2.45
5:07AM
2.41
5:27PM
2.41
5:42AM
2.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:04AM
0.75
10:26PM
0.77
10:43AM
0.79
11:04PM
0.84
11:20AM
0.86
11:42PM
0.93
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise--------8:00-------8:00-------
Sunset---7:29-------7:27-------7:24----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------121221----
Temp. °C152022191817181615182019171611111010101110101010
Feels °C (?)12182118171616141417191814126988898888
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