Sumner Bar surf break

Sumner Bar surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 09 Mar 2026 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
17.8° C
(Which is 3.4°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 10PM is: 0.2m 15s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 09). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)--
Afternoon (09 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)16s
Evening (09 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)15s

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


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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
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
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.4
E
0.2
SSE
0.6
ENE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.8
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.4
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.4
NE
Period(s) (?)16151514141413131312124444455566677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)24232120191817171644141015162027374467721475766194
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
S
0
SE
5
ENE
10
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
glassononononononononononcross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
glasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:16PM
2.21
10:42AM
2.09
10:59PM
2.18
11:27AM
2.06
11:44PM
2.14
12:12PM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:55PM
0.70
4:26AM
0.76
4:42PM
0.77
5:14AM
0.81
5:29PM
0.81
6:04AM
0.82
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Sunrise------7:16-------7:18-------7:20-
Sunset-8:01-------8:00-------7:58------
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C111212111110121212121212121213131414141414131516
Feels °C (?)81010999108878788991010101112121414
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