Sumner Bar surf break

Sumner Bar surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 28 Feb 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
18.1° C
(Which is 3.3°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: 0.6m 4s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Afternoon (28 Feb)2ft (0.6m)3s
Evening (28 Feb)2ft (0.6m)4s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
E
0.2
ESE
0.6
ENE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.4
SE
0.2
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.1
E
0.2
ESE
0.9
SSE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.9
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)883444410101010613131251411111313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6771214161088889171763232722303167157152116
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
10
SW
5
SW
5
ESE
25
SSW
10
W
10
SSW
20
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
onononglassoffglasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:43PM
2.28
3:08AM
2.39
3:35PM
2.29
4:00AM
2.38
4:25PM
2.29
4:51AM
2.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:34AM
0.42
8:49PM
0.37
9:24AM
0.39
9:44PM
0.34
10:15AM
0.37
10:39PM
0.32
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise--------7:05-------7:07-------
Sunset---8:16-------8:15-------8:14----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------375111111-----
Temp. °C13131413131313121414109101010101010111211111110
Feels °C (?)10910910111210131347753323467666
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