Lighthouse Reef surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 08 Nov 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
14.0° C
(Which is 3.2°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 12PM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Nov)1ft (0.3m)10s
Afternoon (08 Nov)1ft (0.3m)10s
Evening (08 Nov)0.5ft (0.2m)16s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
08
Sunday
09
Monday
10
Tue
11
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.5
E
0.7
ENE
1.1
NE
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)111110101515161514141414141413131313665555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2929161621232422212019381918181716161527691295
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
N
10
NE
5
SE
5
E
30
S
15
S
0
ESE
5
ENE
10
NE
15
E
15
E
10
E
5
NNW
5
N
10
N
10
N
15
NNE
25
NNE
10
WNW
10
NE
10
NNW
30
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossoffcrosscross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:57AM
2.56
6:00PM
2.33
6:56AM
2.58
7:07PM
2.31
7:58AM
2.56
8:24PM
2.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:11PM
0.40
12:24AM
0.50
1:03PM
0.47
1:23AM
0.58
1:55PM
0.57
Saturday
08
Sunday
09
Monday
10
Tue
11
Sunrise-6:07-------6:05-------6:03------
Sunset-----8:30-------8:31-------8:32--
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------------------1--1
Temp. °C151517202018121010101112131312111113182118191712
Feels °C (?)1313151718176798991011121091115161718156
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