Sumner Bar surf break

Sumner Bar surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 17 Nov 2025 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
15.7° C
(Which is 4.1°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 9AM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Afternoon (17 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Evening (17 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thu
20
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
NE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.2
ENE
2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
2.1
ENE
1.6
ENE
3
NE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
Period(s) (?)891099109999899999991010991010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6673213272656662481891772112025873551284377308208203271276235225181193250
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNW
25
N
20
NNW
15
NW
10
NE
10
NE
15
N
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
N
35
N
35
N
25
NNW
20
N
15
N
10
WSW
15
SW
5
SW
10
SW
10
NE
0
SE
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffonglassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:03AM
2.13
3:24PM
2.12
3:52AM
2.16
4:12PM
2.10
4:38AM
2.19
4:58PM
2.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:21AM
0.70
9:33PM
0.65
10:11AM
0.73
10:17PM
0.69
10:57AM
0.75
11:01PM
0.72
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thu
20
Sunrise-5:52-------5:52-------5:50------
Sunset-----8:34-------8:36-------8:37--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111116222321171718171821232121201716161920161515
Feels °C (?)9913161818151614131317161517171415141819151614
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