Lighthouse Reef Surf Break

Lighthouse Reef, New Zealand Weather Observations

Lat Long: 44.44° S 171.26° E

Issued: 11 am 10 Jun 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Lighthouse Reef sea temperature is
11.7° C

1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year

Lighthouse Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Current weather conditions and live observations for Lighthouse Reef based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on surf-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in Lighthouse Reef right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather near Lighthouse Reef

as reported by 5 closest weather stations

Weather Station WeatherWindGustsTemp.Visibility
Visibility /
Cloud

Marchwiel wx

8 km NW27 m above sea level

46 minutes ago
dry
0
calm
(2 km/h at 162°)
0
8 °C-
-
-
-
0

TimaruAeroAws

15 km NW27 m above sea level

3 hours ago
clearClear skies
5
calm
(4 km/h at 80°)
10.7 °C10 km
10 km
-
no observation
-

Oamaru Aero Automatic Weather Station

61 km S30 m above sea level

3 hours ago
clearClear skies
5
light winds from the N
(7 km/h at 10°)
10.1 °C10 km
10 km
-
no observation
-

Oamaru

79 km S62 m above sea level

3 hours ago
dry
5
calm
(3 km/h at 225°)
5
14 °C-
-
-
-
0

Tara Hills Automatic Weather Station

109 km WSW485 m above sea level

3 hours ago
-
0
calm
(2 km/h at 10°)
6.0 °C-
-
-
no observation
-

Naseby

110 km SSW581 m above sea level

1 hour ago
-
5
calm
(3 km/h at 151°)
5
2 °C-
-
-
-
0

Aoraki/Mt Cook Visitor Centre

117 km WNW656 m above sea level

3 hours ago
-
5
light winds from the WNW
(6 km/h at 300°)
1.3 °C-
-
-
no observation
-

Springfield

128 km NNE375 m above sea level

2 hours ago
-
wind obs. (19 kph from 223 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
5.1 °C-
-
-
-
0

Lincoln Broadfield

133 km NE23 m above sea level

2 hours ago
no report
wind obs. (19 kph from 40 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
10.4 °C-
-

-

CHGPC Allandale

141 km NE200 m above sea level

2 hours ago
-
15
light winds from the NNE
(15 km/h at 13°)
20
7.8 °C-
-
-
-
0

* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to Lighthouse Reef and within an acceptable time window.

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