Leithfield Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am 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
15.6° C
(Which is 2.1°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 6AM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 04). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)1ft (0.3m)11s
Afternoon (04 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Evening (04 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)10s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
E
0.3
ENE
0.5
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
1
SE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
SE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)121111111177710756666666666101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)684431301811171010101249495525266422222220333333
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
0
S
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
0
S
5
W
5
W
5
W
0
SE
10
E
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglassononononglassglasscross-
off
glassglassoncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:06AM
1.81
7:31PM
1.85
7:53AM
1.76
8:18PM
1.82
8:41AM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:04AM
0.28
1:23PM
0.28
1:51AM
0.33
2:08PM
0.33
2:39AM
0.37
2:55PM
0.38
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise----7:47-------7:48-------7:50---
Sunset-------7:15-------7:14-------7:12
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151417171916141312111111121212121212121112131213
Feels °C (?)12111212131210910101010121110101112111011131112
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