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Sumner Bar surf break

Sumner Bar surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 24 Nov 2025 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 4.7°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 2PM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Nov)1ft (0.3m)9s
Afternoon (24 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (24 Nov)1ft (0.3m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thu
27
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.1
NE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
2.5
NE
1.4
ENE
2.5
NE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
2.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)999999999455668998889988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)161616175517174958214966699378428190623422375025120816496
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
E
15
E
10
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
25
NE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
15
ESE
5
E
15
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
30
NNE
35
NNW
30
NNW
20
N
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:04AM
2.16
8:33PM
2.01
8:45AM
2.13
9:19PM
1.98
9:29AM
2.10
10:05PM
1.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:47AM
0.74
2:21PM
0.73
2:29AM
0.72
3:05PM
0.70
3:14AM
0.69
3:51PM
0.67
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thu
27
Sunrise-5:47-------5:46-------5:46------
Sunset-----8:43-------8:45-------8:45--
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
211---------------------
Temp. °C121010101111101112121313141414151616182124221817
Feels °C (?)988788788899101112141413141618171516
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