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Lighthouse Reef surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand
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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 2.8°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 4PM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Apr) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (18 Apr) | 3ft (0.9m) | 7s |
| Evening (18 Apr) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Lighthouse Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 6 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
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| 14 | 17 | 73 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 23 | 110 | 39 | 27 | 84 | 163 | 242 | 264 | 319 | 264 | 439 | 419 | 392 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 4:02PM 2.25 | 4:09AM 2.24 | 4:59PM 2.31 | 5:00AM 2.20 | 5:57PM 2.36 | 6:00AM 2.17 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 9:42AM 0.38 | 10:15PM 0.37 | 10:37AM 0.42 | 11:13PM 0.43 | 11:31AM 0.48 | 12:07AM 0.50 | ||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | Monday 20 | Tuesday 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 7:11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | 5:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:53 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:52 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 14 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 14 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Feels °C (?) | 9 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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