Leithfield Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 04 Mar 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
16.8° C
(Which is 2.0°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 6PM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.1m 17s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (04 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Evening (04 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)1212121211111010101211111110101010101099999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3494945556044103723133082643893483352772162021619611811611360834141
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
20
ENE
20
E
20
ENE
15
NE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNW
5
NW
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
0
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NW
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassonononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassoffcross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:23PM
1.93
6:48AM
1.98
7:12PM
1.90
7:35AM
1.91
8:00PM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:21PM
0.14
12:40AM
0.13
1:09PM
0.16
1:30AM
0.18
1:56PM
0.21
2:19AM
0.25
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise--------7:11-------7:11-------
Sunset---8:09-------8:07-------8:06----
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101314131212121114181716161413121622222119171616
Feels °C (?)79109911119131615151612981421212018151414
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