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Sumner Bar surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 28 Jan 2026 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
17.8° 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 4AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (28 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (28 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
NE
0.7
NE
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
Period(s) (?)1010991311111111111111101010101010101012111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2424232162133594240373735181818483217171627739795
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
S
5
N
10
ENE
15
NE
20
ENE
15
E
15
E
10
E
5
ENE
5
NNW
15
WSW
15
W
5
WNW
5
W
5
ESE
5
S
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
NE
10
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglasscross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossglasscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:37AM
2.34
1:06PM
2.25
1:35AM
2.40
2:04PM
2.28
2:32AM
2.45
3:02PM
2.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:56AM
0.55
7:19PM
0.44
7:56AM
0.50
8:12PM
0.40
8:53AM
0.43
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sunrise---6:22-------6:22-------6:24----
Sunset-------9:00-------8:59-------8:58
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141312131415161615151515182023211514131313141414
Feels °C (?)121210111112131414151513161922201513111111111112
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