Leithfield Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 10 Apr 2026 NZST
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Leithfield Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Leithfield Beach sea temperature is
15.4° C
(Which is 2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Leithfield Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Leithfield Beach at 4AM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (11 Apr)5ft (1.6m)7s
Evening (11 Apr)6ft (1.9m)8s

Table - waves today at Leithfield Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
!
2
1
2
1
0
2
2
1
2
4
4
3
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.8
E
1.4
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.9
ENE
3
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.7
ENE
2.1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
E
1.6
E
2
E
2.1
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.9
E
Period(s) (?)9996967788999999910111212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1852322809196149220349463120641337436336342771330838458411551334121410621027
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
N
20
N
10
N
10
NE
20
ENE
15
ENE
5
SW
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
10
W
20
NNW
25
NW
25
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:26PM
1.70
11:48AM
1.57
12:12AM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:36AM
0.48
5:47PM
0.46
6:21AM
0.45
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise----6:56-------6:56-------6:58---
Sunset-------6:02-------6:00------5:59-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C121111101117191615131315161917161515141314212118
Feels °C (?)999781415131310911131713141513111011171513
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