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Leithfield Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 18 Feb 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
17.6° C
 (Which is 2.3°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 12PM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 2s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Afternoon (18 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (18 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ESE
0.6
SE
0.7
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.8
E
0.6
E
0.4
SE
0.4
ESE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.8
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
1.3
S
Period(s) (?)99111198101088121212111112121111101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)595910164965136383331494769656219027324423517717112896264
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
10
ESE
20
E
15
E
10
NE
5
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
20
NW
10
WSW
10
E
5
ESE
10
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
20
NW
25
W
15
S
5
ENE
10
SW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		glassononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
on		onoffoffcross-
off		offoffcross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:04AM
1.91
6:21PM
1.79
6:46AM
1.91
7:06PM
1.82
7:30AM
1.91
7:53PM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:20PM
0.27
12:34AM
0.21
1:05PM
0.24
1:22AM
0.20
1:52PM
0.21
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
Sunrise-6:52-------6:52-------6:54------
Sunset-----8:31-------8:30-------8:29--
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------------------1131
Temp. °C131416181817161514141922242016151615202117141212
Feels °C (?)121416171615161412121618221916141212151513131010
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