Amberley Beach surf break

Amberley Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 21 Mar 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
15.6° C
(Which is 1.6°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 10PM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)--
Afternoon (21 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (21 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
Period(s) (?)101010101010101010101010101010101010101010666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)25924420219819415615615615315111711712596969412270714948404344
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNW
0
NW
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
5
E
5
WSW
5
W
5
NW
5
NE
15
E
20
E
15
ENE
10
NE
0
NNW
5
WNW
5
W
5
WSW
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
glassglassoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:30PM
1.98
7:55AM
1.93
8:24PM
2.01
8:49AM
1.91
9:21PM
2.01
9:48AM
1.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:52AM
0.14
2:15PM
0.12
2:48AM
0.15
3:10PM
0.13
3:46AM
0.17
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise------7:31-------7:33-------7:33-
Sunset-7:39-------7:37-------7:37------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141312121212141717151413121213161615141414141621
Feels °C (?)111010111111131515131413111212131212121413131520
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