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Sumner Bar surf Forecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 09 May 2024 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 13.3°C (Statistics for 09 May 1981-2005 - mean: 11.4 °C max: 13.6 °C min: 9.6 °C)
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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 13.3°C (Statistics for 09 May 1981-2005 - mean: 11.4 °C max: 13.6 °C min: 9.6 °C)


How big are the waves at Sumner Bar today?

The current surf forecast for Sumner Bar at 10AM is: 0.3m 16s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am May 09). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 May)1ft (0.3m)16s
Afternoon (09 May)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (09 May)1ft (0.3m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.5
SE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
SSE
0.4
E
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.5
E
0.3
SE
0.2
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.2
SSE
0.2
E
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
E
0.9
N
0.9
N
0.8
N
1
NNE
1.1
NNE
0.9
NNE
Period(s) (?)18171615713131312121219111920201919181717161514111111111111121413131111101010101616161615141313101111121210444454
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)1079349442130303027262534384864956275904462801681088344414040396262613752444236353519511826526563445145168111214138232418384830
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
S
5
WNW
5
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
15
WSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
NE
10
E
5
E
5
NW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
N
5
NE
5
ENE
5
N
5
W
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
SSE
0
E
0
WNW
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
5
E
5
ENE
5
N
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
N
15
NW
25
NNW
25
N
30
N
35
N
25
NNE
20
N
20
N
30
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glassglassglassononononcross-
on
onglassglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:03AM
2.40
5:32PM
2.56
6:00AM
2.37
6:28PM
2.57
6:56AM
2.35
7:20PM
2.53
7:52AM
2.32
8:11PM
2.46
8:44AM
2.28
9:01PM
2.35
9:35AM
2.22
9:53PM
2.24
10:23AM
2.15
10:46PM
2.16
11:12AM
2.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:13AM
0.36
11:50PM
0.40
12:08PM
0.40
12:46AM
0.44
1:01PM
0.45
1:40AM
0.47
1:53PM
0.50
2:32AM
0.52
2:46PM
0.56
3:23AM
0.57
3:37PM
0.61
4:14AM
0.62
4:28PM
0.66
5:06AM
0.66
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise--7:30-------7:31-------7:31-------7:33-------7:33-------7:35-------7:35-------7:37-
Sunset----5:20-------5:17-------5:16-------5:15-------5:15-------5:14-------5:13-------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C7668976544511111099877810887666999988891010109101099101111109989151616171616151619
Feels °C (?)2114543200057555433685653337677655678988866799977671191011911111213

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