Amberley Beach surf break

Amberley Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 01 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
15.1° C
(Which is 2.5°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 6PM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm December 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (01 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (01 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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

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Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
E
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
1
SE
1.1
SE
1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
Period(s) (?)9911111010111111111110101010101010955677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8012422025610414415115812111282785251505049482942658099111
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
10
ENE
25
E
15
ENE
10
NE
5
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
SE
20
SSE
10
ESE
5
SSE
5
SSE
20
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
20
S
15
S
15
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffoffglasscross-
off
offoncross-
on
oncross-
on
glassononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:51PM
1.85
2:23AM
1.90
2:46PM
1.90
3:18AM
2.02
3:41PM
1.96
4:14AM
2.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:38AM
0.26
8:06PM
0.18
8:34AM
0.20
8:59PM
0.11
9:33AM
0.14
9:54PM
0.05
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Sunrise-------5:43-------5:43-------5:43
Sunset---8:50-------8:51-------8:52----
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------112322221--
Temp. °C181917161413101117211916141312121212121211111010
Feels °C (?)15171213121189141817121312119888108766
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