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Nugget Point surf break

Nugget Point surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 19 Jan 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
15.1° C
 (Which is 2.6°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 10AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (19 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (19 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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

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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thu
22
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
SW
0.5
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
1.6
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)10101010101113141414131313131212131212117777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)125127835760621721862462433363263173072339384199184166237316265342
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
20
E
25
E
25
E
30
E
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
30
NE
35
NE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		onononononononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:17AM
2.27
4:28PM
2.24
4:55AM
2.29
5:05PM
2.27
5:32AM
2.30
5:44PM
2.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:24AM
0.89
10:44PM
0.80
11:01AM
0.85
11:22PM
0.76
11:40AM
0.82
12:03AM
0.75
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thu
22
Sunrise-6:11-------6:13-------6:15------
Sunset-----9:29-------9:28-------9:27--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111011131312121211111212131212121211131616161413
Feels °C (?)889109899888787777791110111010
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