Sumner Bar Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.56° S 172.76° E

Sumner Bar 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 24 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Sumner Bar sea temperature is
14.2°C
3.6° 

Sumner Bar surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Sumner Bar today (25 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 6s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 13s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 4s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Sumner Bar at 2AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)6s
Afternoon (25 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (25 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Mon night. Warm (max 23°C on Sat afternoon, min 9°C on Mon night). Mainly strong winds.

Sat
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
NE
8
0.4
NE
7
0.4
NE
8
0.4
NE
8
0.3
NE
7
0.2
ENE
6
0.2
ENE
6
0.1
E
13
0.4
NE
13
0.6
NE
4
0.7
NNE
4
0.6
NW
3
0.2
ENE
8
0.3
NE
8
0.8
NNE
4
0.9
N
4
1
N
4
1
NNW
4
1
N
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
15
14
16
16
8
4
3
3
44
9
17
6
6
10
17
24
33
36
34
Wind (km/h)
10
NNW
5
SE
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
10
NW
5
N
10
NE
10
ENE
5
WSW
10
W
10
W
5
W
15
NNW
25
NNW
35
NNW
45
NNW
40
N
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
High Tide
3:39PM2.21m
4:04AM2.26m
4:26PM2.28m
4:51AM2.35m
5:15PM2.33m
Low Tide
9:49PM0.53m
10:19AM0.56m
10:37PM0.50m
11:08AM0.52m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
23
19
17
14
12
11
15
18
19
15
15
13
13
13
18
22
21
18
18
Feels °C
21
18
14
11
9
9
12
16
16
13
13
11
11
12
15
17
14
9
10
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