Amberley Beach surf break

Amberley Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 08 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
17.5° C
(Which is 2.8°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 12AM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 08). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Afternoon (09 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Evening (09 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)7s

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


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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
SSE
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
NE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)161677776777151414141313131244551111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)798038282715132171611135754514946444239222933493231
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
5
E
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
0
WSW
5
ENE
15
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
5
NE
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:40PM
1.78
10:03AM
1.70
10:32PM
1.74
10:56AM
1.64
11:25PM
1.71
11:49AM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:58AM
0.39
4:17PM
0.39
4:47AM
0.44
5:05PM
0.44
5:37AM
0.49
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise------7:16-------7:16-------7:18-
Sunset-8:02-------8:00-------8:00------
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----11------------------
Temp. °C20191515131111111111111110101113131312111091215
Feels °C (?)2020121286677889891097888771112
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