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Leithfield Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 09 Jan 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
17.6° C
 (Which is 3.0°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 5PM is: 0.9m 4s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 09). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)14s
Afternoon (09 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)4s
Evening (09 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)4s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
S
0.2
ENE
1
SE
0.7
SE
0.5
ESE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.1
SE
0.2
ENE
0.1
E
0.1
S
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.1
S
0.2
ENE
0.1
S
0.8
W
0.1
SE
0.5
SSE
1.5
S
Period(s) (?)145444454494715798913913417166
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4337211275101032155878373012144190
Wind
(km/h)
30
WNW
15
WSW
25
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NNE
5
NNE
25
WNW
30
WNW
35
NW
30
NNW
30
N
40
NW
40
NW
60
NW
60
NW
50
NW
50
NW
40
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
SSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offoffoffoffcrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:21AM
1.92
10:52PM
1.80
11:15AM
1.82
11:47PM
1.75
12:08PM
1.75
12:41AM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:42PM
0.20
5:02AM
0.28
5:32PM
0.27
5:54AM
0.36
6:21PM
0.33
6:46AM
0.43
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise-------6:00-------6:01-------6:03
Sunset---9:09-------9:09-------9:09----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------------------1122
Temp. °C252716161514141523262724222121222526272518181312
Feels °C (?)2025121212111214182020181713131114171918151599
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