Amberley Beach surf break

Amberley Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 03 Dec 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
15.0° C
(Which is 2.3°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 10AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 03). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (03 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Evening (03 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sat
06
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.8
ESE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
1.1
SE
1
ESE
1.4
SE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.1
E
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)10101010566679999910101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5013132345562157709718619320222723720521421816916916913710910785
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
20
ESE
25
SE
25
SE
15
SSE
10
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
20
S
20
SSE
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:18AM
2.02
3:41PM
1.96
4:14AM
2.12
4:37PM
2.00
5:10AM
2.20
5:34PM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:33AM
0.14
9:54PM
0.05
10:32AM
0.09
10:51PM
-0.00
11:31AM
0.06
11:49PM
-0.03
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sat
06
Sunrise-5:43-------5:43-------5:43------
Sunset-----8:52-------8:53-------8:54--
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--36521-----------------
Temp. °C121212111111119991317181614121112192427232020
Feels °C (?)98768985468121313119910172120181716
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