Leithfield Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 05 Dec 2025 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
15.4° C
(Which is 2.7°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 11PM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 05). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Dec)--
Afternoon (05 Dec)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (05 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
SE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.7
SE
1.2
ENE
0.5
S
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ENE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.8
NNE
0.2
ENE
0.1
SE
0.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)10101010109999513999999711114892
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15712598747188108126886486222116168755516632
Wind
(km/h)
30
WNW
25
WNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
SE
10
ESE
15
E
25
E
20
E
15
N
15
N
10
WNW
10
NW
15
N
25
NNW
35
NW
45
NW
35
NW
25
NNW
35
NW
40
NNW
35
NNW
25
W
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:07AM
2.25
6:31PM
2.04
7:04AM
2.25
7:28PM
2.03
8:01AM
2.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:49PM
-0.03
12:30PM
0.03
12:48AM
-0.04
1:29PM
0.03
1:47AM
-0.03
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Sunrise-----5:43-------5:43-------5:41--
Sunset-8:54-------8:55-------8:57------
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------3
Temp. °C262420191414151617211918181923242523212020202012
Feels °C (?)191916151112111113191716171717171516161312131610
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