Amberley Beach surf break

Amberley Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 19 Feb 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
17.6° 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 4AM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 19). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (19 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (19 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.9
ENE
1.3
NE
Period(s) (?)1010881212121112121211111110101010101010995
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3635333149476965693003193002351821681281251049651474514968
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
20
WNW
25
NW
5
SW
0
NW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
25
WNW
20
W
15
SE
15
ESE
10
NE
0
S
5
ESE
10
NE
20
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
glassglassoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassoncrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:46AM
1.91
7:06PM
1.82
7:30AM
1.91
7:53PM
1.84
8:17AM
1.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:34AM
0.21
1:05PM
0.24
1:22AM
0.20
1:52PM
0.21
2:12AM
0.20
2:40PM
0.20
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise---6:52-------6:54-------6:56----
Sunset-------8:30-------8:29-------8:28
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------33211-----
Temp. °C161514141822232117151515202016131212111013141516
Feels °C (?)1614121216191921171312121515131010119799911
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