Amberley Beach surf break

Amberley Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 11 Apr 2026 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
15.1° C
(Which is 2.1°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 3AM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 1.9m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)5ft (1.6m)9s
Afternoon (12 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Evening (12 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
!
!
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2
3
0
0
2
2
2
2
4
4
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
ENE
3.5
ENE
3
NE
3
ENE
1.6
ENE
2.5
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
E
1.4
ENE
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.8
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.1
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)889999991010101112131212111111101310913
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)49216011635138543297743634031339450662997212951080911643536442249158121113127
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
10
N
15
N
15
NNE
10
N
10
NE
15
NE
15
E
10
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
NNW
30
NNW
25
N
15
N
25
NNW
25
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:12AM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:21AM
0.45
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise----6:56-------6:58-------6:58---
Sunset-------6:00------5:59-------5:58-
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141314151718181615151412142020181514141415171815
Feels °C (?)11101111151616151413981218141311881011131210
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