Lone Pine Brighton Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Canterbury, New Zealand)

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Lone Pine Brighton Surf Guide

Lone Pine Brighton in Canterbury is an exposed beach break that has inconsistent surf with no particular seasonal pattern. Offshore winds are from the west southwest. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the optimum swell angle is from the east southeast. The beach break offers both left and right hand waves. Good surf at all stages of the tide. Unlikely to be too crowded, even when the surf is up.

Lone Pine Brighton Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach	2	inconsistent	13.9°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Lone Pine Brighton:

The best conditions reported for surf at Lone Pine Brighton occur when a East-southeast swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the West-southwest.

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What's the best time of year to surf Lone Pine Brighton (for consistent clean waves)?

juneBest Season: winter

The best time of year for surfing Lone Pine Brighton with consistent clean waves (rideable swell with light / offshore winds) is during Winter and most often the month of June. Clean surfable waves are typically found 47% of the time in June while 32% of the time it tends to be blown out. For the remaining 21% of the time it is considered too small by most surfers but may still be OK for beginners and groms at times.

clean

47%

Surfable waves that hold up well for longer rides in prevailing cross-offshore, offshore or light wind conditions.

blown out

32%

Surfable sized waves that are of poorer quality due to prevailing onshore, cross-onshore or windy conditions (may be preferable for kitesurfing).

too small

21%

Waves usually considered too small for good surf. Some wave-magnet breaks may still work though if conditions are right (on occasion).

Explore Lone Pine Brighton Location Map

Interactive Lone Pine Brighton surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The closest passenger airport to Lone Pine Brighton is Christchurch International Airport (CHC) in New Zealand, which is 17 km (11 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to Lone Pine Brighton is Timaru Airport (TIU), also in New Zealand, 150 km (93 miles) away.

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Lone Pine Brighton Surf Forecasts:

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16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Wednesday, 6 May 2026, 17:23 Local Time

m, °C	Wednesday 06			Thu
ft, °F	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Wave (m)	NE	E	E	NNE
Period (s)	7	9	9	7
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	on	cross- on	glass

What does Lone Pine Brighton look like?

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Tides at Lone Pine Brighton

Current tide and informaton

For Christchurch, 7 km from Lone Pine Brighton.

Next High Water: 08:23pm | 1.78m

Next Low Water: 02:43am | 0.45m

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Lone Pine Brighton Sea Temperature

The water temperature (13.9 °C) at Lone Pine Brighton is quite cool. If the sun shines as we have forecast, it should feel warm enough to surf in a good spring wetsuit. Effective windchill factor of (15.0 °C) will make the air and water feel about the same temperature.

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit.

Current Temp*: 13.9°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite