Amberley Beach surf break

Amberley Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 22 Mar 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
15.6° C
(Which is 1.6°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 2PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (22 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (22 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
ESE
Period(s) (?)10101010101010101010101010101010106667151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19215615615615415111711712596969412115871494836413236403841
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
NNW
5
N
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
0
SSE
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NE
15
E
20
E
20
ENE
10
NE
5
N
5
WNW
10
W
5
W
5
S
15
ESE
10
E
5
SW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassonononglasscross-
off
glassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:55AM
1.93
8:24PM
2.01
8:49AM
1.91
9:21PM
2.01
9:48AM
1.88
10:21PM
2.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:52AM
0.14
2:15PM
0.12
2:48AM
0.15
3:10PM
0.13
3:46AM
0.17
4:07PM
0.14
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
Sunrise--7:31-------7:33-------7:33-----
Sunset-----7:37-------7:37-------7:35--
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C121214171715141312121316161514141414162120171514
Feels °C (?)111113151514141211121214121212141413151917161412
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