Leithfield Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 04 Apr 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
15.9° C
(Which is 2.5°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 10PM is: 0.6m 4s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)--
Afternoon (04 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Evening (04 Apr)2ft (0.6m)4s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ENE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.6
ESE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
S
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)744555161616166666610109567777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18131310152226252524201515222033332782137198210400340
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
15
SW
5
WSW
5
WNW
0
SSW
5
SE
10
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
WNW
10
WSW
5
WNW
0
NNE
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
NE
30
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassonononononglassoffcross-
off
offglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:31PM
1.85
7:53AM
1.76
8:18PM
1.82
8:41AM
1.71
9:07PM
1.79
9:30AM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:23PM
0.28
1:51AM
0.33
2:08PM
0.33
2:39AM
0.37
2:55PM
0.38
3:27AM
0.42
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise------7:48-------7:50-------7:50-
Sunset-7:15-------7:14-------7:12------
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151312121112121213131212121212131414141313121317
Feels °C (?)11101011101110911111111101111111213131212111212
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