Sumner Bar surf break

Sumner Bar surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 06 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
16.6° C
(Which is 2.0°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 1AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (07 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (07 Mar)1ft (0.3m)9s

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


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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
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 (?)
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.3
E
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
E
0.1
SE
Period(s) (?)1010999999979666777777771316
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)45446327414242414017133435262628574127261991210
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
10
E
5
WNW
10
W
10
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
NE
15
ENE
15
E
10
ESE
5
SE
5
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
10
NE
10
ENE
10
SSE
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
glasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:57PM
2.25
8:14AM
2.22
8:47PM
2.25
9:05AM
2.17
9:34PM
2.24
9:55AM
2.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:40PM
0.45
2:01AM
0.51
2:25PM
0.51
2:50AM
0.61
3:10PM
0.60
3:38AM
0.70
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise------7:13-------7:15-------7:16-
Sunset-8:07-------8:05-------8:02------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------------111-
Temp. °C231918181615161917161515161417201818151513111012
Feels °C (?)22171716141315171514141515131719171812129768
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