Lighthouse Reef surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 03 Apr 2026 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
15.1° C
(Which is 2.5°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 3PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (03 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (03 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

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


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Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.9
E
1
E
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)1312121111111110455488161615151566666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1561188964433130171720159101025242223235674393933
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
N
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
SW
25
SSE
15
SE
15
E
10
E
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
15
E
15
E
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
ESE
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:24PM
2.13
5:20AM
2.13
6:03PM
2.09
5:49AM
2.17
6:45PM
2.04
6:29AM
2.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:09AM
0.58
11:34PM
0.65
11:50AM
0.56
12:13AM
0.71
12:35PM
0.58
12:51AM
0.76
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise--------7:54-------7:54-------
Sunset---7:22-------7:21-------7:19----
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------22221112111-----
Temp. °C152023201917161711111010101010101111121212121212
Feels °C (?)121719171413141568788777899910111212
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