Leithfield Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 43.19° S 172.77° E

Issued: 6 am 01 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Leithfield Beach sea temperature is

13.9°C

Leithfield Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Leithfield Beach today (01 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 11s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Leithfield Beach at 1PM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (01 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	11s
Afternoon (01 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Evening (01 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Sun afternoon, min 10°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Sun morning, fresh winds from the NNW by Mon morning).
	Sunday 1							Monday 2								Tuesday 3
	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	ENE 8	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ENE 6	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 6	SE 11	SE 16	S 14	SE 4	ENE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	104	96	55	50	25	27	41	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	6	7	6	5	5	10	16	8	13
Wind (km/h)	N	N	N	N	NW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	N	NNW	NNW	WSW	WSW	S	ESE	ESE	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	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-on	on	on	on
High Tide				10:34AM2.07m				11:02PM1.89m				11:35AM2.04m				00:04AM1.88m				12:34PM2.01m
Low Tide		4:17AM0.10m				4:57PM0.13m				5:16AM0.11m				5:55PM0.13m				6:14AM0.13m				6:51PM0.14m


	6:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	8:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:15	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	6	7	12	18	20	18	15	14	14	15	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	12	15	17	11	11	10
Feels °C	2	3	9	16	16	11	9	7	6	9	11	10	12	12	13	13	14	9	12	14	7	9	8
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 10	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 8	NE 9	NE 9	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 6	NE 6	ENE 5	ENE 7	ENE 8	ENE 8
kJ	104	96	55	50	20	27	41	37	19	7	7	7	4	3	3	7	6	4	5	3	5	6	13
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 15	NE 4	NE 4	ESE 13	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ENE 6	SE 12	SE 12	NE 8	SE 11	SE 16	S 14	SE 14	SSE 4
kJ	21	6	4	18	25	23	13	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	3	6	5	3	5	10	16	8	2
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 13	ESE 14	ESE 14	E 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 8	NE 8	SE 12	S 13	S 16	SE 12	E 8	SE 11	SE 11	E 11	SE 15
kJ	3	20	19	3	17	17	16	8	8	3	3	3	3	3	6	3	5	5	1	5	5	2	8
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	ENE 5	NW 2	NW 3	NW 3	NNW 3	NNW 3	NNW 3	NNW 3	NNW 3	NNW 3	NW 4	NNW 4	N 4	N 4	N 3	—	SSW 2	SE 4	SE 4	ESE 4
kJ	7	14	6	9	1	5	3	4	6	6	3	3	3	14	19	19	10	3	—	1	11	7	3
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	12	30	0	56	96	96	96	96	115	115	126	74	56	56	56	153	76	76	76
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay	Gore Bay	Gore Bay						Tuhawaiki Point		Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay	Le Bons Bay	Le Bons Bay	Le Bons Bay		Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay
Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1						1		1	1	1	1		1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	3	2	4	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4

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