Sumner Bar surf break

Sumner Bar surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 12 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
15.9° C
(Which is 3.2°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 1AM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 12). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Afternoon (13 Apr)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (13 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
E
1.4
ENE
1.2
E
1.1
E
0.9
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)91010101112121212121111101014141414131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3002713785216458479349347816284863322541641449792898584538250106
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
10
SSE
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
15
WSW
5
WNW
5
WNW
15
N
30
N
25
N
30
N
20
NW
15
NW
15
N
20
NW
25
NW
15
NW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrossoffcross-
off
offoffglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:10PM
2.00
12:35AM
2.10
1:00PM
2.05
1:23AM
2.15
1:48PM
2.13
2:10AM
2.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:14PM
0.70
6:52AM
0.63
7:04PM
0.64
7:37AM
0.57
7:55PM
0.58
8:21AM
0.50
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise------6:58-------7:00-------7:01-
Sunset-6:00------5:59-------5:57-------
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1616161514121316191716151413151717141110991113
Feels °C (?)141615121091215151111998101211108655910
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