Amberley Beach surf break

Amberley Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 31 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
16.1° C
(Which is 2.4°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 5PM is: 1.2m 14s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Afternoon (31 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)15s
Evening (31 Mar)3ft (0.9m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.3
SSE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
Period(s) (?)141515141313111116151514141413131212161616161514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)60311747203952571939898119116262208162151142136124118124206299291322231
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
ENE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
5
NNW
5
N
10
E
10
E
5
E
5
NNE
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:27PM
1.90
4:50AM
1.94
5:14PM
1.90
5:36AM
1.91
6:00PM
1.89
6:21AM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:19AM
0.18
10:39PM
0.18
11:07AM
0.19
11:28PM
0.20
11:53AM
0.21
12:16AM
0.24
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sunrise--------7:43-------7:45-------
Sunset---7:22-------7:21-------7:19----
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C11111111109889131413141413121418191816141313
Feels °C (?)766877557111111121211101216161715131111
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