Amberley Beach surf break

Amberley Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 22 Dec 2025 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
16.2° C
(Which is 2.6°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: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Dec)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (22 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (22 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thu
25
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
1.1
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)9101010111111111111111111111110101010109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)55586382112119174174174174147145263116112898280474529282819
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
5
WNW
5
E
20
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
10
NNE
15
NNE
20
N
25
N
15
W
20
S
20
ESE
20
E
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NW
10
NNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
5
E
15
N
25
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offcross-
off
offoffoffoncross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:09AM
1.85
7:26PM
1.68
7:51AM
1.84
8:09PM
1.65
8:33AM
1.82
8:51PM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:29PM
0.39
1:37AM
0.35
2:13PM
0.39
2:21AM
0.35
2:57PM
0.38
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thu
25
Sunrise-5:45-------5:45-------5:46------
Sunset-----9:07-------9:08-------9:08--
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C8812151615151516182123211714141313202223181515
Feels °C (?)561011111113131314182018141213111013141516129
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