Le Bons Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 06 Oct 2025 NZDT
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Le Bons Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Le Bons Bay sea temperature is
10.8° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Le Bons Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Le Bons Bay at 9AM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 06). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 2.0m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (06 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Evening (06 Oct)4ft (1.2m)5s

Table - waves today at Le Bons Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.7
SE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
1.2
N
1.1
N
1
NNE
0.7
NE
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.5
NE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.5
NE
1.3
NNW
1.6
NNW
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.9
NNW
1
NNW
Period(s) (?)109878855668766101099568855
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1178590535039685463391207019142423223910216718163947
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
15
SW
5
N
15
NNE
20
N
15
N
25
NW
15
NW
20
SSE
10
SW
10
NNE
10
NE
15
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
20
NW
30
NW
25
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crossoffcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:21AM
1.85
3:47PM
1.94
4:10AM
1.94
4:35PM
1.97
5:00AM
2.01
5:26PM
1.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:31AM
0.10
9:58PM
0.10
10:23AM
0.06
10:48PM
0.05
11:17AM
0.04
11:41PM
0.03
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
Sunrise-6:52-------6:50-------6:48------
Sunset-----7:38-------7:39-------7:42--
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1--------2111-----------
Temp. °C8810121212131398991099989131617151312
Feels °C (?)2489898945766677458101212109
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  1. weather stationWind Update Calm condsitions have become offshore at Le Bons Bay (light winds from the WSW at Le Bons Bay Automatic Weather Station 2 km from Le Bons Bay). 0.5m 9s swell from the E with a 0.4m 10s swell, also from the E. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Actual: 42 min ago

15 km/h
WSW
Offshore
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