Lighthouse Reef surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 21 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
14.6° C
(Which is 2.8°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 3PM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 21). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)4ft (1.2m)7s
Afternoon (21 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (21 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)788999999101010101010101099101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1481121201511841882422482482182232272271761731351359210010574746745
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
15
S
10
SSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossoffoffoffoffglassglasscross-
on
glassglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:57PM
2.41
7:13AM
2.19
7:59PM
2.44
8:24AM
2.24
8:58PM
2.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:27PM
0.55
12:59AM
0.57
1:28PM
0.61
1:54AM
0.64
2:32PM
0.64
2:56AM
0.69
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise7:15-------7:16-------7:18-------
Sunset--5:51-------5:49-------5:46-----
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
111---------------------
Temp. °C7789988889101099888101111101099
Feels °C (?)323443334456665557898877
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