Sumner Bar surf break

Sumner Bar surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 04 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
17.4° C
(Which is 2.9°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 12AM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (05 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (05 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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


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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)121211111111111211111110101010101010999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4093893112351841811883302982352311069869122928988636161264241
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
10
E
10
E
5
E
5
ENE
5
N
5
NNW
5
NW
5
N
5
NNE
10
ENE
5
NNW
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:08PM
2.26
6:32AM
2.32
7:03PM
2.25
7:23AM
2.27
7:57PM
2.25
8:14AM
2.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:23AM
0.35
12:52PM
0.41
1:12AM
0.42
1:40PM
0.45
2:01AM
0.51
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise------7:11-------7:11-------7:13-
Sunset-8:09-------8:08-------8:07------
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C121212121213141616151515141315202219191918161720
Feels °C (?)88891012131514141415141113182118181816141520
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