Sumner Bar surf break

Sumner Bar surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 01 Jul 2025 NZST
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
10.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Sumner Bar today?

The current surf forecast for Sumner Bar at 9AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 01). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Jul)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (01 Jul)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (01 Jul)2ft (0.6m)11s

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

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Tuesday
01
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
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
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 (?)
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.2
SSE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.9
ESE
0.8
E
1
E
0.9
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.6
ENE
Period(s) (?)11111111111111111111111110101010101016101099567799999999111110101011101010101010101010101010101010109910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)12798979595939394909586838168676766654962626763109959210415416917317016211511811515015313910296117108106104767810073646769858566615554232477
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
W
5
WSW
5
NW
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
ESE
0
ENE
5
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
NE
10
E
5
SSE
5
W
5
W
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
NE
5
NE
5
N
0
NW
0
SSE
5
SSE
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
S
0
NE
5
NE
5
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
offglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
glassoffglassglassglassglassglassglassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffglassglassglasscross-
on
onononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:11AM
2.21
9:34PM
2.22
10:02AM
2.16
10:27PM
2.16
10:52AM
2.13
11:16PM
2.12
11:42AM
2.12
12:03AM
2.08
12:30PM
2.14
12:50AM
2.06
1:18PM
2.17
1:37AM
2.06
2:04PM
2.20
2:25AM
2.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:57AM
0.46
3:13PM
0.51
3:49AM
0.53
4:05PM
0.62
4:41AM
0.60
4:59PM
0.73
5:30AM
0.66
5:54PM
0.80
6:15AM
0.71
6:48PM
0.84
6:57AM
0.75
7:38PM
0.84
7:39AM
0.76
8:24PM
0.83
8:23AM
0.76
Tuesday
01
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Sunrise--8:03-------8:02-------8:02-------8:02-------8:02-------8:02-------8:00-------8:00-
Sunset----5:01-------5:02-------5:02-------5:04-------5:04-------5:05-------5:06-------
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Rain (mm)
--------------------56672--------1-----1411-----------------
Temp. °C77789888866687777787666556689899999101110109999101112109888887777777
Feels °C (?)54456557632354433464334102367678787910998887891076556765444443
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