Lighthouse Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 44.44° S 171.26° E

Issued: 6 am 16 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Lighthouse Reef sea temperature is

13.4°C

Lighthouse Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Lighthouse Reef today (16 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Lighthouse Reef at 9AM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 16). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	9s
Afternoon (16 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	9s
Evening (16 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 17°C on Sun afternoon, min 6°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
	Friday 16							Saturday 17								Sunday 18
	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	SE 8	SE 10	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 7	SE 6	SE 14	SSE 14	SE 14	SE 14	SE 15	SE 15	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 15
Wave Graph
kJ	976	320	262	235	262	173	96	77	69	90	82	41	34	49	80	52	53	171	186	160	164	164	150
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SW	W	WNW	WNW	N	ESE	ENE	NE	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	N	ENE	ENE	NE	N
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	glassy	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off
High Tide			7:47AM2.08m				7:59PM2.16m				8:49AM2.05m				9:23PM2.10m				9:55AM2.06m
Low Tide	1:37AM0.76m				1:53PM0.81m				2:33AM0.85m				2:45PM0.87m				3:34AM0.93m				3:52PM0.92m


	6:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	8:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:01	—
mm	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	6	5	7	9	8	9	8	7	7	6	7	9	9	9	8	9	10	11	12	16	17	16	15
Feels °C	0	-2	0	2	2	4	5	4	4	3	5	6	5	6	5	7	8	9	10	14	14	14	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	ESE 9	SE 11	SE 8	SE 7	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 7	SE 6	SE 7	SE 8	SE 9	SE 7	SE 15	SE 15	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 15
kJ	290	320	262	235	202	55	96	55	69	90	82	41	34	33	31	37	34	171	186	160	164	164	150
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	E 7	NE 7	E 9	SSE 16	SSE 16	SE 11	SE 10	SE 10	ESE 8	—	SSE 10	SSE 10	SE 14	SSE 14	SE 14	SE 14	SSE 14	E 10	E 8	E 8	E 8	—
kJ	—	1	2	2	25	24	90	77	46	50	—	11	10	49	80	52	53	145	2	1	1	1	—
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	E 9	S 13	S 17	E 9	ENE 10	SSE 15	SE 15	NE 9	NE 9	—	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 10	ESE 7	ESE 7	E 10	ESE 7	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 7
kJ	—	2	4	5	2	9	22	9	3	3	—	7	6	2	10	5	2	5	2	2	2	2	1
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	SE 9	SE 8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	976	491	373	339	262	173	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	3	3
Distance (km)	151	141	141	141	151	141	141	141	0	0	0	0	0	157	155	136	0	0	0	0	0	113	136
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury		Trolley's	Sumner Bar					Trolley's	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay	Port Robinson	Kairaki Beach	Port Robinson	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay	Kairaki Beach	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay
Rating (10 max)		2	1					1	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Waiwakaiho Taranaki	Raglan-Manu Bay Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Papatowai Catlins	Nugget Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating (10 max)	5	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	6	5	4	6	8

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