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Sumner Bar surf break

Sumner Bar surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 21 Nov 2025 NZDT
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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
15.3° C
 (Which is 3.7°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 3PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 21). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (21 Nov)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (21 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.6
E
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)1010101010101099999999999999995
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1461461331311097471496313310684868627262645904545272717
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
W
10
ESE
0
S
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSE
5
NE
10
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
E
10
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ESE
15
WSW
10
S
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		crossglassoffoffglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		offcross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:22PM
2.08
6:45AM
2.21
7:04PM
2.07
7:25AM
2.19
7:47PM
2.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:18PM
0.77
12:26AM
0.75
12:57PM
0.77
1:06AM
0.75
1:38PM
0.76
1:47AM
0.74
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Sunrise-------5:48-------5:48-------5:47
Sunset---8:39-------8:40-------8:42----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------11
Temp. °C202520161211111112131312111212121313141413121010
Feels °C (?)18231816991099109879101112111112121079
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