Sumner Bar surf break

Sumner Bar surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 01 Apr 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
16.9° C
(Which is 3.5°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 5PM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.3
SSE
0.5
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.2
SSE
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)10151514141413131212161616161514131312121211117
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)33461068078736842393764171203196183958882383734191212
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
10
E
10
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
10
E
5
E
5
NNE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
E
10
WSW
5
W
5
NE
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassononononononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoncross-
on
glasscross-
off
glassoncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:54PM
2.21
5:19AM
2.24
5:46PM
2.23
6:08AM
2.22
6:39PM
2.25
6:57AM
2.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:43AM
0.47
11:12PM
0.47
11:35AM
0.49
12:02AM
0.51
12:23PM
0.52
12:50AM
0.56
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise--------7:45-------7:46-------
Sunset---7:21-------7:19-------7:16----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101213121212121214161714131313131417181816151516
Feels °C (?)9911999101013141411111112121415161714141315
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