Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Leithfield Beach today (08 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 4s period with E swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with ENE swell.
The current surf forecast for Leithfield Beach at 10PM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (08 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (08 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 4s |
| Evening (08 Sep) | 1ft (0.3m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Leithfield Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 14°C on Wed afternoon, min 2°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, fresh winds from the SW by Thu morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 8 | Wednesday 9 | Thursday 10 | |||||||||||||||||
3 PM | 6 PM | 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) | E 4 | S 22 | ENE 8 | E 8 | E 9 | E 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | SSE 20 | S 6 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 9 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 59 | 79 | 106 | 129 | 203 | 194 | 140 | 108 | 84 | 64 | 48 | 32 | 30 | 37 | 109 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | cross-on | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off |
High Tide | 2:21AM1.94m | 2:52PM2.09m | 3:15AM1.98m | 3:43PM2.10m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:14PM0.15m | 8:33AM0.06m | 9:08PM0.11m | 9:28AM0.04m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 6:08 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:10 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
Feels °C | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | -2 | -2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 8 | E 8 | E 4 | E 8 | E 9 | E 9 | ENE 9 | SE 8 | S 8 | ENE 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 |
| kJ | 1 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 59 | 79 | 106 | 3 | 1 | 194 | 140 | 108 | 84 | 64 | 48 | 32 | 30 | 12 | 17 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | SE 8 | ENE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | S 20 | S 19 | S 8 | S 18 | S 18 | S 18 | SE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 6 | SSE 4 | E 8 | E 8 |
| kJ | 3 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 11 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 13 | S 22 | SE 8 | S 21 | — | S 21 | S 20 | E 18 | E 18 | S 19 | S 8 | E 15 | E 15 | E 16 | S 22 | SSE 16 | SE 20 | SSE 20 | SSE 19 |
| kJ | 3 | 9 | 3 | 9 | — | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 15 | 37 | 36 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 4 | E 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | NNE 4 | NNW 3 | NNW 3 | NNW 3 | W 3 | SSW 5 | SSW 3 | WSW 3 | SW 3 | S 6 |
| kJ | 9 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | 129 | 203 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 109 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 71 | 71 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 36 | 56 | 56 | 0 |
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