Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Leithfield Beach today (02 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 17s period with SE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 14s period with SE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 13s period with SE swell.
The current surf forecast for Leithfield Beach at 2AM is: 1.1m 17s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (02 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 17s |
| Afternoon (02 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 14s |
| Evening (02 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Leithfield Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu afternoon, min 6°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Tue night, strong winds from the WNW by Fri morning). | |||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 2 | Thursday 3 | ||||||||||||||||
9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 17 | SE 17 | SE 17 | SE 17 | SE 17 | SE 16 | SE 14 | SE 13 | SE 13 | SSE 12 | SE 12 | SSE 12 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 302 | 763 | 874 | 854 | 702 | 483 | 280 | 253 | 167 | 101 | 69 | 54 | 33 | 31 | 30 | 18 | 18 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 7:41PM1.81m | 8:09AM1.84m | 8:33PM1.79m | 9:04AM1.86m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:04AM0.26m | 2:33PM0.29m | 2:55AM0.26m | 3:28PM0.29m | |||||||||||||
 | | | |  |  | | | | | | |  | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:02 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:04 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 14 |
Feels °C | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 10 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 12 | SE 17 | SE 17 | SE 17 | SE 17 | SE 16 | SE 14 | SE 13 | SE 13 | SSE 12 | SE 12 | SSE 12 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 |
| kJ | 223 | 763 | 874 | 854 | 702 | 483 | 280 | 253 | 167 | 101 | 69 | 54 | 33 | 31 | 30 | 18 | 18 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 17 | NE 12 | E 11 | E 11 | E 10 | E 10 | E 11 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 |
| kJ | 302 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 9 | NE 12 | E 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | SE 12 | — | — | E 11 | E 11 | S 15 | S 15 | S 15 |
| kJ | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 3 | — | — | — | NW 3 | NNW 3 | NNW 3 | NNW 4 | N 4 | N 4 | N 4 | N 4 | N 4 | N 4 | NNW 3 | NNW 3 | N 3 |
| kJ | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 10 | 10 | 31 | 10 | 10 | 67 | 71 | 30 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury | |||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Leithfield Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest