Leithfield Beach Surf Forecast

/ Canterbury (28 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (43.19° S 172.77° E)

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Leithfield Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 22 Oct 2025 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 12.3° C
(Which is 1.6°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 6PM is: 0.3m 18s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 22). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (22 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	16s
Afternoon (22 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	17s
Evening (22 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	18s

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

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	Wednesday 22					Thursday 23								Friday 24								Saturday 25
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	NE	SSE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	16	16	17	18	18	16	16	4	15	8	9	10	10	7	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	11	6
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	63	50	30	85	79	68	51	40	21	143	53	36	10	5	51	215	248	248	245	158	110	85	22	13
Wind (km/h)	NW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNE	NNE	N	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	NW	SE	ESE	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				6:12PM 1.75				6:36AM 1.82				6:56PM 1.72					7:20AM 1.81				7:41PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)		12:08PM 0.35				12:24AM 0.34				12:54PM 0.37					1:08AM 0.37				1:40PM 0.40				1:53AM 0.40

	Wednesday 22					Thursday 23								Friday 24								Saturday 25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	17	15	13	13	14	16	20	21	19	17	14	11	10	8	11	13	13	13	10	9	11	12
Feels °C (?)	8	8	10	9	5	6	8	12	17	7	7	7	6	6	4	5	8	9	10	8	3	2	4	7

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Canterbury

Wind Update The wind is still offshore at Leithfield Beach (fresh winds from the NW.(Wind varies from 280 to 340 degs) at Christchurch International Airport 36 km from Leithfield Beach). 0.6m 17s long period groundswell from the SE with a 0.2m 7s swell from the SSE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 31 minutes ago Leithfield Beach

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36 km away, 1 h 31 min ago

31 km/h

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12.3

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