Leithfield Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 02 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
15.7° 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 10AM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 02). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (02 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (02 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SSE
0.8
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
E
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)131312121216161615141313121212111111111077105
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14213412411894366486468380273215163120906744313018181710919
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
5
N
5
N
10
ENE
15
E
15
E
10
NE
5
N
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:36AM
1.91
6:00PM
1.89
6:21AM
1.86
6:45PM
1.88
7:06AM
1.81
7:31PM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:53AM
0.21
12:16AM
0.24
12:38PM
0.24
1:04AM
0.28
1:23PM
0.28
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
Sunrise--7:45-------7:46-------7:47-----
Sunset-----7:19-------7:16-------7:15--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C121214192018161413131420222015141517182015131211
Feels °C (?)1010121717151413111112181917121112131315111099
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