Amberley Beach surf break

Amberley Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 08 Feb 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
17.0° 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 10AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (08 Feb)2ft (0.6m)5s
Evening (08 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

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

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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.6
SE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
E
0.3
E
0.7
NE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.5
E
0.2
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)101095599948888141414141414145666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)201929171861711315121212321838535341413821242425
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
20
SW
10
SW
5
SSE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
NW
5
SW
10
SE
15
ESE
15
E
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
0
NNW
5
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
5
SSW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glassononglassglassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:39AM
1.75
11:10PM
1.73
11:32AM
1.69
12:04AM
1.71
12:25PM
1.64
12:56AM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:29AM
0.34
4:54PM
0.33
5:20AM
0.41
5:42PM
0.39
6:11AM
0.47
6:30PM
0.44
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
Sunrise-6:37-------6:39-------6:41------
Sunset-----8:45-------8:45-------8:44--
clear
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--1---------------------
Temp. °C141413141313131312111417171715141313161920211818
Feels °C (?)9101113101010111191315141514121112161819211917
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