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Lighthouse Reef surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 03 Apr 2025 NZDT
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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
16.5° C
 (Which is 3.9°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 6AM is: 1.5m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)5ft (1.5m)7s
Afternoon (03 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Evening (03 Apr)6ft (1.9m)7s

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

Hourly12 Days
Canterbury Surf
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Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent 
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
0.5
SE
1.6
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.9
ENE
2.3
ENE
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
SSE
0.8
E
0.4
SSE
1.2
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
NE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.7
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.3
E
0.2
SSE
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.3
E
Period(s) (?)141477138778889910101010101010101310125551010688855588151616161515151515161616161616161511154410
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)211158220192842831914006721631381551091621651231361281311331021411275367476025233710186261086882324242922222121910102526242424232121212620
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
5
NNW
15
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
20
NW
30
WNW
25
WNW
15
WNW
20
E
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
30
ENE
20
ENE
15
NNE
5
NNE
5
NW
5
W
5
WSW
5
ENE
10
E
5
NE
10
N
5
NW
5
W
5
WNW
5
NNW
10
NE
20
NE
20
NE
10
NW
15
NW
25
S
35
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
40
SW
45
SW
35
SW
25
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
0
N
10
E
10
NNE
15
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoncrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		crosscross-
off		offglassglassglasscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffglasscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:02PM
2.38
8:15AM
2.16
9:04PM
2.42
9:31AM
2.18
10:07PM
2.44
10:38AM
2.21
11:06PM
2.45
11:39AM
2.22
12:02AM
2.43
12:36PM
2.18
12:59AM
2.39
1:28PM
2.11
1:55AM
2.33
2:15PM
2.06
2:47AM
2.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:04AM
0.51
2:30PM
0.50
3:00AM
0.60
3:36PM
0.59
4:04AM
0.70
4:41PM
0.65
5:18AM
0.75
5:42PM
0.68
6:25AM
0.76
6:38PM
0.68
7:20AM
0.75
7:29PM
0.66
8:06AM
0.73
8:16PM
0.63
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Sunrise----7:52-------7:54-------7:54-------7:56-------7:58-------7:58-------8:00-------
Sunset-------7:22-------7:21-------7:19-------7:16-------7:15-------7:13-------7:12----
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Rain (mm)
11----11----------1-----1------------------451--------------
Temp. °C14141413131617161615161618242421171513131416141314131110121516141212121213171916141313991112109887812131210111212
Feels °C (?)10111312121315151614151417211816131212111112891213981013131210101110111515131110811330113249985788
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