Lighthouse Reef Surf Forecast

/ Canterbury (28 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (44.44° S 171.26° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Lighthouse Reef surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 22 Oct 2025 NZDT

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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 12.2° C
(Which is 2.3°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 6PM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 22). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (22 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	15s
Afternoon (22 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	16s
Evening (22 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	16s

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

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	Wednesday 22					Thursday 23								Friday 24								Saturday 25
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	ENE	ENE	E	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE
Period(s) (?)	15	16	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	8	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	88	100	109	100	95	91	84	53	51	35	21	39	21	210	97	99	210	210	180	66	53	42	40	25
Wind (km/h)	WNW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	N	NNE	NNW	NW	WNW	WNW	W	W	SW	NW	NW	E	NNE	NNE	NW	N	NW	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)				4:19PM 2.09				4:47AM 2.22				4:50PM 2.18				5:24AM 2.17				5:26PM 2.25				6:05AM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)		10:39AM 0.58				10:40PM 0.53				11:15AM 0.60				11:26PM 0.56				11:53AM 0.64				12:13AM 0.64

	Wednesday 22					Thursday 23								Friday 24								Saturday 25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26
Sunset	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	17	18	15	12	11	11	10	19	18	18	16	12	11	8	5	11	14	15	13	10	7	6	7
Feels °C (?)	10	15	15	10	7	7	7	5	11	11	8	8	6	5	3	0	6	11	11	9	4	2	2	4

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Canterbury

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Lighthouse Reef (light winds from the NNE at Marchwiel wx 8 km from Lighthouse Reef). 0.6m 16s long period groundswell from the SSE with a 0.5m 10s swell from the E. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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8 km/h

NNE

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