Amberley Beach surf break

Amberley Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 03 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
16.8° C
(Which is 2.0°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 1AM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 03). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (04 Mar)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (04 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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


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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)88888812121212111110101112111111111010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)107919382103134349494636596467375313259274383354282282224202158154113
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
NE
20
ENE
20
E
20
ENE
15
NE
10
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
10
E
15
E
10
E
5
NE
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NW
0
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
offglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassonononglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:01AM
2.03
6:23PM
1.93
6:48AM
1.98
7:12PM
1.90
7:35AM
1.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:50PM
0.10
12:21PM
0.14
12:40AM
0.13
1:09PM
0.16
1:30AM
0.18
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise------7:09-------7:11-------7:11-
Sunset-8:10-------8:09-------8:07------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131411988101415131212111114181817161513121621
Feels °C (?)8109766710119910991316161616141081320
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