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Leithfield Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 23 Nov 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
15.8° C
 (Which is 3.8°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 5AM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Nov)1ft (0.3m)9s
Afternoon (23 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (23 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.8
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.6
E
0.4
ENE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.9
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.2
SSE
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.2
SSE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
Period(s) (?)99949999994551499912445566
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8192161716572640403928212120815861151935619587103
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
15
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
10
SE
15
ESE
15
E
10
ESE
10
SSW
15
SW
20
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
25
E
20
E
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
off		glasscross-
on		onononcrosscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:38AM
1.82
7:58PM
1.65
8:22AM
1.80
8:42PM
1.62
9:06AM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:23AM
0.39
1:59PM
0.42
2:08AM
0.41
2:45PM
0.43
2:53AM
0.42
3:29PM
0.44
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Sunrise---5:48-------5:48-------5:47----
Sunset-------8:40-------8:42-------8:43
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------34211----------
Temp. °C111010101415151413121110101010101111111114151515
Feels °C (?)8789131313121210787767888811111213
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