Lighthouse Reef surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 19 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
14.7° C
(Which is 2.9°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 11PM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)--
Afternoon (19 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Evening (19 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSE
1.2
S
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
1
SE
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SE
1.4
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.6
ESE
Period(s) (?)551111556677778889999910101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23733739272859132131119302318224133130157211216255305325386473520
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:59PM
2.31
5:00AM
2.20
5:57PM
2.36
6:00AM
2.17
6:57PM
2.41
7:13AM
2.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:13PM
0.43
11:31AM
0.48
12:07AM
0.50
12:27PM
0.55
12:59AM
0.57
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise------7:13-------7:15-------7:16-
Sunset5:53-------5:52-------5:51-------
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------11-11-11-111111111
Temp. °C10101011101011109988777799988777
Feels °C (?)565644532323332243433232
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