Amberley Beach surf break

Amberley Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 31 Jan 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
16.6° C
(Which is 1.5°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 12PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 31). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (31 Jan)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (31 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.6
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.5
E
0.9
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.9
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
NE
0.5
NE
0.6
ENE
Period(s) (?)131010101111111110101010446677777999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)423636378237373737353452204716614533182795141234153
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
W
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
5
E
0
E
0
SW
5
NNE
10
NE
20
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
10
N
10
NNW
15
NNW
30
NNW
30
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
5
SSW
35
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offglassonononglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:45AM
2.11
4:07PM
1.96
4:40AM
2.15
5:01PM
1.99
5:33AM
2.16
5:54PM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:03AM
0.15
10:20PM
0.04
10:59AM
0.12
11:16PM
0.01
11:54AM
0.09
12:10AM
0.01
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
Sunrise-6:26-------6:28-------6:30------
Sunset-----8:55-------8:53-------8:52--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C121115181817151414141618181715151414222527262016
Feels °C (?)11913161515151415141514131312141210151822232010
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