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Lighthouse Reef surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 04 Feb 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
16.8° 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 3AM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 04). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (05 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (05 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
1.2
ENE
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.7
ESE
0.8
ESE
1.1
SE
0.6
ESE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
Period(s) (?)1113131313131212121166677777455555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)31424278798277694742873629212324234121531714149
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
ENE
5
NE
0
W
5
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
15
NE
20
ENE
15
NE
15
N
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
30
S
15
SE
15
E
20
SE
15
SE
15
E
10
ENE
15
N
15
N
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassglasscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
on		ononcross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:09PM
2.22
6:51AM
2.29
7:12PM
2.12
7:32AM
2.14
8:07PM
2.04
8:16AM
2.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:23AM
0.58
12:46PM
0.69
1:17AM
0.68
1:34PM
0.67
2:06AM
0.77
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise-----6:37-------6:37-------6:39--
Sunset-9:00-------8:59-------8:58------
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------------11---
Temp. °C151514131212131818191717171814141414131212121418
Feels °C (?)1213131312111116151815131314812111010910101115
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