Smithfield Surf Forecast

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New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

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Smithfield surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 13 Oct 2025 NZDT

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Smithfield surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Smithfield sea temperature is 12.5° C
(Which is 3.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Smithfield today?

The current surf forecast for Smithfield at 9PM is: 0.6m 4s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (13 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	3s
Evening (13 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	4s

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

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	Monday 13			Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15								Thursday 16
	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SE	SE	ESE	SE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	NE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	ENE	E	S	S	S	SE
Period(s) (?)	10	4	4	4	4	5	5	10	10	9	9	9	8	4	5	5	8	8	4	11	22	22	22	20
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	18	13	29	12	34	91	33	188	9	8	15	15	14	6	3	3	3	6	2	2	9	9	9	16
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSW	SSW	NE	N	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	NW	NNW	NNW	N	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			10:00PM 2.22					10:19AM 2.48				11:02PM 2.26				11:17AM 2.45				12:01AM 2.26				12:13PM 2.40
Low Tide / height (m)	3:22PM 0.55				3:55AM 0.74					4:28PM 0.62				5:01AM 0.76				5:37PM 0.64				6:01AM 0.75

	Monday 13			Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15								Thursday 16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-
Sunset	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	10	9	8	7	7	8	8	9	9	8	6	5	5	10	14	16	15	11	11	10	9	14	19
Feels °C (?)	8	7	6	3	2	4	6	6	6	6	5	3	2	2	7	10	12	11	6	6	6	4	9	13

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Canterbury

Wind Update Recent cross-shore wind 8 km from Smithfield has fallen light (light winds from the SSE at TimaruAeroAws). Waves should be turning clean at Smithfield. 0.6m 4s local chop from the SE with a 0.4m 4s local chop, also from the SE and a 0.2m 10s swell, also from the SSE as well as a 0.2m 9s swell, also from the E. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
38 minutes ago Smithfield

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Actual: 38 min ago

7 km/h

SSE

Clean

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