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Leithfield Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 21 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
17.4° C
 (Which is 2.4°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 2AM is: 2.2m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)8s
Afternoon (22 Jan)6ft (1.9m)9s
Evening (22 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
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
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
3
1
2
3
1
2
0
2
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.3
ENE
1.9
E
1.9
E
2
E
2
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2
E
2
E
2.5
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.4
E
1.4
ESE
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)778888999101011111111111111111110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)317469539615703575738562580730802101810959949861771783757670441435296245194
Wind
(km/h)
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
30
E
25
ENE
15
E
5
SE
15
SW
10
SW
5
W
5
W
10
W
0
WNW
10
ESE
10
E
20
SW
10
SW
25
SW
20
SW
25
W
10
W
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offglassoncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:36PM
1.72
8:01AM
1.87
8:20PM
1.72
8:44AM
1.85
9:07PM
1.73
9:31AM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:50AM
0.27
2:24PM
0.30
2:36AM
0.27
3:09PM
0.29
3:25AM
0.28
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunrise-----6:15-------6:16-------6:18--
Sunset-9:05-------9:04-------9:02------
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
--124113431------52049562-
Temp. °C161615161516161616161615151417191614131211101213
Feels °C (?)1111101211121315171516151513171815111278598
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