Amberley Beach Surf Forecast

/ Canterbury (28 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Amberley Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 18 Oct 2025 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 11.9° C
(Which is 1.4°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 12AM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 18). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Oct)	0.5ft (0.2m)	10s
Afternoon (19 Oct)	0.5ft (0.2m)	9s
Evening (19 Oct)	0.5ft (0.2m)	9s

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

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	Saturday 18			Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tuesday 21
	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSE	SSE	ESE	ESE	SSE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	NE	S	ENE	ENE	ENE	S	NE	ENE	ENE	NE	E
Period(s) (?)	18	17	10	10	17	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	4	15	5	6	9	10	8	9	10	7	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	32	30	19	18	28	10	7	7	7	6	2	2	2	5	4	4	7	8	2	9	8	36	14	11
Wind (km/h)	NW	NNW	WNW	WSW	WSW	W	NW	WNW	SW	ENE	NNE	NNW	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)					3:44AM 1.82					4:04PM 1.84				4:28AM 1.81				4:47PM 1.81				5:10AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)			9:33PM 0.26				9:53AM 0.28					10:18PM 0.27				10:38AM 0.31				11:00PM 0.29				11:23AM 0.33

	Saturday 18			Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tuesday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-
Sunset	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	2	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	14	11	9	9	14	15	15	12	10	7	6	9	13	17	18	16	16	14	15	16	20	20
Feels °C (?)	12	12	12	8	6	7	6	4	11	9	7	3	2	2	5	10	11	9	11	9	6	10	13	10

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Canterbury

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Amberley Beach (light winds from the ESE at Christchurch International Airport 37 km from Amberley Beach). 0.8m 9s swell from the ENE with a 0.4m 10s swell from the ESE and a 0.2m 17s long period groundswell from the SE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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37 km away, 1 h 50 min ago

6 km/h

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11.9

Air / Water (°C)

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