Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Lighthouse Reef today (13 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with E swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with E swell.
The current surf forecast for Lighthouse Reef at 10PM is: 0.2m 16s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (13 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (13 Oct) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 7s |
| Evening (13 Oct) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 7s |
Table - waves today at Lighthouse Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 24mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Tue afternoon, min 6°C on Thu afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the SE on Wed morning, strong winds from the SSW by Thu afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 13 | Wednesday 14 | Thursday 15 | |||||||||||||||||
4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 7 | E 7 | SSE 16 | SE 4 | SE 4 | SE 4 | ESE 5 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | E 6 | E 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 7 | SE 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 15 | 15 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 74 | 42 | 48 | 40 | 98 | 97 | 42 | 85 | 96 | 76 | 145 | 237 | 262 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | off | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross |
High Tide | 5:31PM2.12m | 6:15AM2.22m | 6:06PM2.17m | 6:57AM2.15m | 6:53PM2.19m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 00:01AM0.60m | 12:33PM0.69m | 00:47AM0.67m | 1:11PM0.75m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 6:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 7:55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:58 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Temp °C | 21 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 |
Feels °C | 18 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | -1 | -3 | 0 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | SE 4 | E 7 | E 7 | ESE 5 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | SE 6 | E 9 | ENE 9 | — | E 12 |
| kJ | 15 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 42 | 48 | 40 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 33 | 38 | 2 | 8 | — | 3 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 16 | SE 16 | SSE 16 | E 7 | S 15 | SE 14 | SE 14 | SE 14 | SE 14 | SE 14 | SE 13 | S 13 | SE 9 | S 13 | S 13 | S 16 | NE 6 | — | — |
| kJ | 11 | 10 | 24 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | SE 16 | — | — | E 8 | S 10 | — | S 14 | S 8 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 12 | S 16 | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | 4 | 2 | — | 15 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | S 3 | S 4 | SE 4 | SE 4 | ESE 5 | — | — | — | E 6 | E 6 | — | ESE 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 7 | SE 8 |
| kJ | — | — | 7 | 12 | 15 | 20 | 74 | — | — | — | 98 | 97 | — | 85 | 96 | 76 | 145 | 237 | 262 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 89 | 136 | 136 | 138 | 109 | 138 | 166 | 153 | 153 | 153 | 7 | 7 | 166 | 153 | 153 | 153 | 153 | 219 | 141 |
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