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Amberley Beach surf break

Amberley Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 10 Jan 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
18.7° C
 (Which is 4.1°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 3PM is: 0.2m 5s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 10). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)4s
Afternoon (10 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)5s
Evening (10 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ENE
0.1
SE
0.1
E
0.1
S
0.1
E
0.2
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
2.4
S
0.8
SSE
0.4
SSE
1
S
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)49715101414141399910101661012111212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)63142164438889101351511831715128994847956
Wind
(km/h)
35
NW
30
WNW
35
NW
35
NNW
30
N
30
NNW
35
NNW
55
NW
55
NW
55
NW
40
NW
30
WSW
30
NW
10
WNW
25
SSW
5
NNW
5
WSW
15
SE
20
E
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		offoffcrosscross-
off		glasscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:15AM
1.82
11:47PM
1.75
12:08PM
1.75
12:41AM
1.72
1:00PM
1.69
1:32AM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:32PM
0.27
5:54AM
0.36
6:21PM
0.33
6:46AM
0.43
7:08PM
0.38
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise-------6:01-------6:03-------6:03
Sunset---9:09-------9:09-------9:08----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------21121--------
Temp. °C232626242121212226272722191711111314141413121110
Feels °C (?)1621191715151412161820171416691210999988
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