Amberley Beach surf break

Amberley Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 05 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
15.9° C
(Which is 2.5°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 11AM is: 0.2m 16s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)16s
Afternoon (05 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)16s
Evening (05 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)5s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wed
08
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.4
ESE
0.2
E
0.4
ESE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
S
1.1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.8
ENE
2
ENE
2.2
ENE
2
ENE
3
ENE
Period(s) (?)551616161651161010101095667777888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1413262525241011122120333327591041602042513444286505491064
Wind
(km/h)
0
SSW
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
5
W
5
WSW
5
W
0
ENE
10
E
15
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NE
30
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassonononononglassglasscross-
off
glassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:53AM
1.76
7:18PM
1.82
7:41AM
1.71
8:07PM
1.79
8:30AM
1.66
8:57PM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:51AM
0.33
1:08PM
0.33
1:39AM
0.37
1:55PM
0.38
2:27AM
0.42
2:42PM
0.42
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wed
08
Sunrise--6:48-------6:50-------6:50-----
Sunset-----6:13-------6:10-------6:08--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------------11-
Temp. °C111212121212121212121213141414131312131616151514
Feels °C (?)101110101010111111111211121313121210111212121212
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