Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Lighthouse Reef today (20 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 12s period with SSE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 16s period with SSE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 12s period with SSE swell.
The current surf forecast for Lighthouse Reef at 4PM is: 1.3m 16s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 20). An open ocean swell of 2.4m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (20 Sep) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 16s |
| Evening (20 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Lighthouse Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Very mild (max 18°C on Mon afternoon, min 4°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the S on Mon night, light winds from the WNW by Tue afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||||
Sun 20 | Monday 21 | Tuesday 22 | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 12 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 12 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 16 | SSE 14 | SSE 12 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SE 10 | S 4 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 256 | 806 | 778 | 691 | 235 | 163 | 104 | 248 | 138 | 103 | 68 | 30 | 28 | 16 | 117 | 70 | 38 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 94 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross | cross-on | on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | off | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross |
High Tide | 10:31AM2.08m | 11:23PM2.06m | 11:19AM2.11m | 00:11AM2.04m | 12:03PM2.11m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:55PM0.80m | 5:11AM0.90m | 5:54PM0.72m | 5:59AM0.85m | 6:37PM0.63m | ||||||||||||||||
 | | | |  |  | |  |  | | | | | |  | |  | | | | | |
 | 6:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:30 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 9 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 9 |
Feels °C | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 8 | -3 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 12 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 12 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 16 | SSE 14 | SSE 12 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SE 10 | ENE 4 | E 10 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 6 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SSE 16 |
| kJ | 256 | 806 | 778 | 691 | 235 | 163 | 104 | 248 | 138 | 103 | 68 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 70 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 94 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 15 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | SSE 16 | SE 16 | SE 16 | NE 4 | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | E 9 | SE 13 | SSE 16 | ESE 13 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SE 12 |
| kJ | 92 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 104 | 66 | 64 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 17 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 6 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 11 | — | — | ESE 11 | ESE 10 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | E 10 | NE 5 | SE 13 | SSE 16 | ESE 13 | ESE 12 | SE 12 | E 10 |
| kJ | 24 | — | — | 23 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 2 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | — | — | NNE 3 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | — | NNW 2 | NNE 4 | S 4 | SSE 7 | S 7 | — | NNW 3 | N 3 | ENE 2 | — |
| kJ | 1070 | 1255 | 1063 | 1283 | — | — | 1 | 12 | 11 | 6 | — | 1 | 7 | 16 | 117 | 358 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 155 | 963 | 861 | 155 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 136 | 163 | 201 | 0 | 89 | 7 | 87 | 87 | 163 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury | |||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Lighthouse Reef surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest