Le Bons Bay Surf Forecast

/ Canterbury (28 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (43.74° S 173.10° E)

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Le Bons Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 19 Aug 2025 NZST

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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 10.2° C
(Which is 1.2°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 10AM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 19). An open ocean swell of 3.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	9s
Afternoon (19 Aug)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s
Evening (19 Aug)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s

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

Hourly 12 Days

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	Tuesday 19							Wednesday 20								Thursday 21								Fri 22
	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	9 PM	0 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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	S	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	SE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	8	9	9	12	12	11	13	13	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	144	133	73	47	33	43	32	17	17	17	11	11	7	0	11	9	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	9
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)					12:33PM 1.93				12:55AM 1.80				1:28PM 1.97				1:48AM 1.83				2:19PM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)			6:07AM 0.18				6:46PM 0.25				7:04AM 0.15				7:41PM 0.23				7:58AM 0.13				8:33PM 0.21

	Tuesday 19							Wednesday 20								Thursday 21								Fri 22
Sunrise	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	7	6	7	7	7	6	7	8	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	8	8	9	10	10	8	8	8
Feels °C (?)	0	0	-3	-2	-2	-1	1	3	3	4	4	5	7	5	6	6	5	4	6	7	6	5	5	5

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Canterbury

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Le Bons Bay (severe gales from the S at Le Bons Bay Automatic Weather Station 2 km from Le Bons Bay). A 0.7m swell from the ENE
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1 h 17 min ago

76 km/h

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