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Lighthouse Reef surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 09 Jan 2026 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
17.0° C
 (Which is 3.4°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: 0.6m 4s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Afternoon (09 Jan)2ft (0.6m)4s
Evening (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
SSE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
ESE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.7
NE
0.3
ENE
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.1
SE
0.1
E
1
SSE
Period(s) (?)551344477654444445666516107
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)77161012133423136173322111161383102105
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NW
30
SSE
20
SE
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
15
NNE
5
SSE
10
W
15
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
5
S
15
NNW
35
WNW
40
NW
30
NW
25
SSE
40
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		crossglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		offcross-
off		offcross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:06AM
2.15
9:34PM
2.00
9:58AM
2.03
10:35PM
1.94
10:53AM
1.95
11:31PM
1.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:37AM
0.71
2:59PM
0.78
3:31AM
0.80
4:01PM
0.76
4:28AM
0.84
5:01PM
0.75
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
Sunrise-6:01-------6:01-------6:03------
Sunset-----9:21-------9:21-------9:20--
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part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
------------------3-1--1
Temp. °C181716151615151414131821252422212118202622201611
Feels °C (?)15151211131113131211152124221715161719201614113
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