Leithfield Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 01 Apr 2026 NZDT
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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
15.8° C
(Which is 2.2°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 7PM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (01 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Evening (01 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
3
2
2
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.9
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.4
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
1
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)161515141414131312121616161615141313121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)119116305208203151142136124118893664214683222732151631209068443130
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
10
ENE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
N
5
N
10
E
15
E
10
E
5
NE
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
NNW
25
NNW
20
NW
15
NNW
25
NNW
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:14PM
1.90
5:36AM
1.91
6:00PM
1.89
6:21AM
1.86
6:45PM
1.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:07AM
0.19
11:28PM
0.20
11:53AM
0.21
12:16AM
0.24
12:38PM
0.24
1:04AM
0.28
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise--------7:45-------7:46-------
Sunset---7:21-------7:19-------7:16----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C91313131213121314192017151413131420212016161718
Feels °C (?)71010101011101112161714141311111218191512121213
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