Amberley Beach surf break

Amberley Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 28 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Amberley Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Amberley Beach sea temperature is
17.5° C
(Which is 2.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Amberley Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Amberley Beach at 3AM is: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Afternoon (01 Mar)3ft (0.9m)4s
Evening (01 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.6
ENE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.9
SSE
1.7
S
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
SSE
1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.3
S
1.3
SSE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
Period(s) (?)444411101010471312131414141313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13171812998821248178157229395450424591560352386330287240236
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
20
ENE
10
NE
5
N
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
ESE
30
SSW
5
WSW
15
WNW
20
SW
35
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
SW
40
SSW
30
SSW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
oncrossglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:31AM
2.06
3:53PM
1.93
4:23AM
2.07
4:45PM
1.94
5:13AM
2.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:11PM
0.11
9:48AM
0.17
10:05PM
0.09
10:41AM
0.14
10:59PM
0.08
11:32AM
0.13
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise------7:05-------7:07-------7:09-
Sunset-8:15-------8:15-------8:13------
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--------478111111-------
Temp. °C1615131211111416108899879121211101091114
Feels °C (?)11111011981213464411-1135655469
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