Lighthouse Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 44.44° S 171.26° E

Issued: 11 am 14 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Lighthouse Reef sea temperature is

10.1°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 (14 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Lighthouse Reef at 6PM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.2m 2s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	10s
Afternoon (14 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	10s
Evening (14 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Wed night. Very mild (max 18°C on Tue afternoon, min 6°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Mon 14					Tuesday 15								Wednesday 16
	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	ENE 6	ENE 5	SSE 4	SSE 5	SSE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	87	82	61	45	41	29	28	18	18	11	10	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	14	49	60
Wind (km/h)	NW	NNE	NE	NNE	N	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNE	N	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	W	SSE	SSE	S	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide				5:30PM2.03m					6:05AM2.24m				6:13PM1.98m				6:51AM2.16m				7:08PM1.98m
Low Tide		11:38AM0.54m				11:37PM0.58m					12:20PM0.61m				00:24AM0.65m				1:01PM0.67m


	6:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:35	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	6:21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:23	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	4
Temp °C	9	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	16	18	15	11	10	10	10	11	10	9	8	6
Feels °C	6	10	9	9	10	9	8	8	8	13	16	11	7	6	6	6	8	4	4	3	0
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 7	SE 10	ENE 6	ENE 5	—	E 10	E 10
kJ	87	82	61	45	41	29	28	18	18	11	10	6	6	2	2	4	3	3	—	2	2
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	SE 15	SE 16	SE 16	ENE 3	ENE 3	ENE 3	ENE 3	—	E 11	E 11	—	—	SE 10	SE 10	—	SE 10	SE 10	E 15	—	E 15
kJ	—	9	9	9	1	1	1	1	—	2	2	—	—	4	4	—	4	4	4	—	4
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 12	—	E 12	—	SE 15	SE 15	SE 15	E 11	E 11	S 14	S 14	E 11	SE 10	—	—	E 6	S 13	S 13	S 13	E 15	E 7
kJ	3	—	3	—	9	9	8	3	2	4	4	2	4	—	—	1	3	4	14	4	1
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	NE 2	ENE 2	—	—	—	—	—	—	ENE 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SSE 4	SSE 5	SSE 6
kJ	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14	49	60
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Rating (10 max)	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	136	136	136	0	87	87	87	87	113	136	113	113	136	138	162	163	163	166	166	157
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	6	6	5	6	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	6	6	5	5

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