Amberley Beach Surf Forecast

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Amberley Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 NZST

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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 10.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Amberley Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Amberley Beach at 5PM is: 0.2m 14s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	0.5ft (0.2m)	16s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	11s
Evening (16 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	11s

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

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	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSE	SSE	E	SSE	ESE	SSE	SSE	ESE	ESE	SSE	NE	ESE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	S	SE	SSE
Period(s) (?)	16	15	11	14	11	17	16	10	11	12	5	10	8	6	9	7	6	12	14	14	13	6	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	29	46	65	40	43	75	50	34	40	27	22	14	22	13	49	20	16	27	36	176	254	258	135	167
Wind (km/h)	N	ESE	E	NE	NW	NNW	NW	N	NNW	NNW	NW	W	NNW	NW	NNW	WNW	NW	W	W	SSE	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			12:02PM 2.00				12:28AM 1.86				1:00PM 1.99				1:24AM 1.86				1:53PM 1.99				2:16AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)					6:18PM 0.22				6:37AM 0.18				7:15PM 0.23				7:33AM 0.18				8:08PM 0.23

	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	5	2	1	-
Temp. °C	12	13	12	13	12	12	16	16	16	17	19	17	15	14	12	12	13	15	14	10	7	6	5	6
Feels °C (?)	11	10	9	11	9	8	9	10	9	11	14	15	13	10	7	6	3	9	11	5	4	1	-1	1

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Canterbury

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Amberley Beach (fresh winds from the ENE at Christchurch International Airport 37 km from Amberley Beach). 0.5m 14s groundswell from the SSE with a 0.4m 11s groundswell from the ESE and a 0.4m 11s groundswell from the E as well as a 0.3m 13s groundswell from the S. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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37 km away, 1 h 54 min ago

33 km/h

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