Lighthouse Reef surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 09 Apr 2026 NZST
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Lighthouse Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Lighthouse Reef sea temperature is
15.8° C
(Which is 3.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Lighthouse Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Lighthouse Reef at 8AM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 09). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

Table - waves today at Lighthouse Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.5
E
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.9
ENE
1
E
Period(s) (?)101010101010101010999995555678888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)262216168162125123908787858583834340395055128143295316445132
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
S
15
SSE
5
SSE
5
WNW
5
SSW
5
W
5
NW
10
N
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
15
N
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:51AM
2.05
9:38PM
2.03
9:56AM
1.97
10:25PM
2.07
10:49AM
1.92
11:05PM
2.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:16AM
0.99
3:09PM
0.87
3:31AM
1.03
4:00PM
0.88
4:45AM
0.98
4:45PM
0.85
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise--7:01-------7:01-------7:03-----
Sunset-----6:10-------6:08-------6:07--
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-----11-----------------
Temp. °C1414161817151413131212141313121099101518161313
Feels °C (?)1212141614141312121010119101076671115131111
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