Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Lighthouse Reef today (30 Jul):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 12s period with ESE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period with E swell.
The current surf forecast for Lighthouse Reef at 8PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (30 Jul) | - | - |
| Afternoon (30 Jul) | 2ft (0.6m) | 12s |
| Evening (30 Jul) | 2ft (0.6m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Lighthouse Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastSome drizzle, heaviest during Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 13°C on Thu afternoon, min 5°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SW on Fri afternoon, calm by Sat afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 30 | Friday 31 | Saturday 1 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | E 11 | E 11 | NE 6 | E 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | S 6 | ESE 11 | SSE 10 | SE 13 | SE 13 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 107 | 106 | 94 | 121 | 89 | 69 | 40 | 42 | 43 | 101 | 23 | 666 | 1028 | 1003 | 833 | 678 | 544 | 338 | 282 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | glassy | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 3:57PM2.10m | 3:52AM2.10m | 4:34PM2.08m | 4:41AM2.06m | 5:13PM2.06m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 10:13PM0.70m | 10:30AM0.67m | 10:55PM0.67m | 11:16AM0.64m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 5:29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:31 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
Feels °C | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | -5 | -5 | -3 | -2 | -1 | -1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | E 11 | E 11 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | SSE 10 | SE 13 | SE 13 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 |
| kJ | 107 | 106 | 94 | 121 | 28 | 24 | 40 | 42 | 43 | 40 | 23 | 666 | 1028 | 1003 | 833 | 678 | 544 | 338 | 282 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 4 | NE 4 | ENE 6 | S 14 | E 11 | E 11 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ESE 15 | ESE 15 | E 11 | E 11 | E 10 | — | E 10 | ESE 14 | SE 14 | SE 13 |
| kJ | 2 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 63 | 62 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 22 | 36 | 20 | 19 | — | 8 | 138 | 149 | 142 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 16 | SE 15 | SE 14 | S 18 | S 14 | SE 16 | SE 16 | SE 16 | ESE 16 | ENE 7 | ENE 8 | — | NE 9 | — | — | — | — | E 18 | E 10 |
| kJ | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 10 | 6 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 2 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 4 | NE 4 | — | NE 6 | NE 6 | ENE 6 | — | NW 2 | SW 4 | S 6 | S 8 | S 10 | S 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 8 | 18 | — | 82 | 89 | 69 | — | 1 | 7 | 101 | 309 | 2580 | 3846 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 109 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 0 | 87 | 87 | 0 | 155 | 311 | 191 | 151 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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