Surf Forecast Surf Report
Sumner Bar surf break

Sumner Bar surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 01 May 2025 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
15.5° C
(Which is 3.6°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 6PM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am May 01). 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 (01 May)5ft (1.5m)10s
Afternoon (01 May)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Evening (01 May)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.6
ENE
1.2
NE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
NE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.4
NE
0.3
NE
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.7
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.7
NE
Period(s) (?)10101010111111111212121211111110101010111191099998813121111101010101010955666667565544433444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)38641645043744542342346677078483381965352436628115711183603735312129292826243127252311161515151414148520182223161256619134266131513
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
5
WSW
5
SW
5
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
E
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
5
ENE
5
S
10
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
W
5
W
5
W
5
NW
0
N
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
N
5
ENE
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:20AM
2.44
7:46PM
2.64
8:19AM
2.41
8:40PM
2.56
9:14AM
2.37
9:35PM
2.45
10:07AM
2.32
10:31PM
2.34
10:58AM
2.25
11:26PM
2.25
11:49AM
2.17
12:19AM
2.18
12:41PM
2.12
1:09AM
2.14
1:34PM
2.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:25PM
0.35
2:05AM
0.38
2:22PM
0.39
3:02AM
0.43
3:18PM
0.44
3:57AM
0.47
4:14PM
0.49
4:51AM
0.52
5:07PM
0.54
5:45AM
0.56
5:59PM
0.59
6:36AM
0.60
6:53PM
0.64
7:24AM
0.63
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Sunrise7:20-------7:20-------7:22-------7:22-------7:24-------7:24-------7:26-------7:28---
Sunset--5:30-------5:30-------5:28-------5:27-------5:25-------5:24-------5:22-------5:22-
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Rain (mm)
796741----------------1-------------------------------------
Temp. °C1088910101010101011119888101314131212121111121312111010101112141211111110101215141211109101214131212121212151616
Feels °C (?)3013434445675555711121098108810111110999910121088878111311987671013121110101011141514
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