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Leithfield Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 26 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
16.2° C
 (Which is 1.0°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 10PM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Jan)--
Afternoon (26 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (26 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
E
0.6
ENE
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.9
NE
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
Period(s) (?)1110101010101010101010101091111111151111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14313810610669110112110104676564444137985742403737353332
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
NE
5
W
15
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
20
ENE
25
E
15
ENE
5
ENE
10
N
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:50PM
1.83
12:14PM
1.80
12:50AM
1.90
1:14PM
1.83
1:50AM
1.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:37PM
0.24
6:07AM
0.29
6:31PM
0.21
7:06AM
0.27
7:28PM
0.18
8:06AM
0.24
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Sunrise-----6:22-------6:22-------6:24--
Sunset-9:00-------9:00-------8:59------
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1154111-----------------
Temp. °C181614131212131415161413121215191918161614151820
Feels °C (?)16151411910111212141212101013161616161512131617
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