Sumner Bar surf break

Sumner Bar surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 04 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
18.4° 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 8AM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 04). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Afternoon (04 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (04 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
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
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.2
SSE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
NE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
1
ENE
1
NNE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
E
0.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)5566137777813131288866676676
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)99201918212224171869691316161585868594733332244
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
0
SSW
5
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
5
ESE
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
10
SW
5
ENE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffglassglassononcross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:59AM
2.43
7:29PM
2.31
7:52AM
2.37
8:24PM
2.28
8:45AM
2.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:47AM
0.23
1:20PM
0.32
1:38AM
0.29
2:11PM
0.36
2:28AM
0.38
2:59PM
0.42
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise---6:31-------6:33-------6:35----
Sunset-------8:52-------8:51-------8:50
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
21----------------------
Temp. °C111010101213151413131313141515151515141418221917
Feels °C (?)108891111131211111110111211121315131115201815
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