Lighthouse Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 44.44° S 171.26° E

Issued: 5 am 19 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Lighthouse Reef sea temperature is

10.8°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 (19 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (19 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 15s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 15s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (19 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 11s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Lighthouse Reef at 10AM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 19). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	15s
Afternoon (19 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	15s
Evening (19 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Very mild (max 19°C on Mon afternoon, min 5°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Saturday 19							Sunday 20								Monday 21
	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	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SE 15	SE 15	SE 11	ESE 11	SSE 6	SE 15	SSE 10	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 13	SSE 12	SE 10	SE 16	SE 16	SE 13	SE 13	SSE 12	SE 12	SE 11
Wave Graph
kJ	89	89	87	86	55	59	31	24	33	63	184	950	768	444	304	160	367	349	178	162	96	66	29
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NW	NW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	SW	WSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSE	SSE	NNW	N	N	N	N	NNW	WNW	NW	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off
High Tide				9:38AM2.05m				10:28PM2.07m				10:31AM2.08m				11:23PM2.06m				11:19AM2.11m
Low Tide		3:17AM0.89m				3:39PM0.82m				4:17AM0.92m				4:55PM0.80m				5:11AM0.90m				5:54PM0.72m


	—	6:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:26	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:30	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	9	11	12	17	17	14	12	8	9	8	9	12	12	10	7	6	5	5	8	16	19	15	12
Feels °C	5	6	9	13	11	10	7	1	1	1	1	5	5	6	3	2	1	1	4	13	15	10	8
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 11	ESE 11	SE 11	ESE 11	SSE 6	SSE 8	SSE 10	SSE 16	ESE 11	SSE 13	SSE 12	SE 10	SE 16	SE 16	SE 13	SE 13	SSE 12	SE 12	SE 11
kJ	58	57	56	55	50	48	31	24	33	63	184	950	12	444	304	160	367	349	178	162	96	66	29
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SE 15	SE 15	SSE 11	SSE 16	ESE 11	SE 15	SSE 15	ESE 11	—	SSE 17	SE 17	SE 16	ESE 11	NE 4	NE 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 4
kJ	89	89	87	86	55	59	11	24	25	59	158	12	—	109	71	69	13	2	4	2	2	2	2
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	SSE 16	SSE 11	SSE 15	ESE 11	ESE 11	—	—	ESE 11	E 11	ESE 12	ESE 11	E 11	ESE 10	E 10	ESE 11	E 11	SE 13
kJ	3	4	4	4	2	3	24	11	23	25	24	—	—	12	2	13	11	2	11	2	11	9	7
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 4	—	—	NE 5	—	—	—	SSW 4	W 2	SSW 8	S 9	S 9	SSE 16	S 10	—	—	NNE 3	NNE 4	NE 4	—	—	NNW 2	NNW 2
kJ	18	—	—	15	—	—	—	6	1	432	924	1225	768	1183	—	—	3	12	19	—	—	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	2	87	0	174	166	157	155	470	867	155	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	136
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	4	4			9	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	4	4	5	4	2	2	2	4	4	1	2	9	9	9	6	5	5	5	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	5	4	4	5	4	9	9	8	8	8	7	5	5	5

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