Sumner Bar surf break

Sumner Bar surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 07 Apr 2026 NZST
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Sumner Bar surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Sumner Bar sea temperature is
16.4° C
(Which is 3.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sumner Bar today?

The current surf forecast for Sumner Bar at 3AM is: 1.8m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 07). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Afternoon (08 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Evening (08 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

Table - waves today at Sumner Bar. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.5
E
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)88999910101010101010101099999991010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3854685255494774715294594103493003142351921541471441131131088585262221
Wind
(km/h)
30
NE
30
NE
25
NE
30
NE
20
NE
10
ENE
15
N
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
20
NW
10
SW
10
W
5
SSW
5
W
5
NW
5
N
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononcross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:36PM
2.18
9:06AM
2.05
9:17PM
2.13
9:50AM
2.02
10:02PM
2.09
10:34AM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:49AM
0.77
3:00PM
0.81
3:34AM
0.79
3:47PM
0.81
4:23AM
0.78
4:36PM
0.79
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise----6:52-------6:54-------6:54---
Sunset-------6:07-------6:06-------6:04
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151515141517212018171715192223191615131213141312
Feels °C (?)1110111013161916151415131416191715141211121198
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