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Sumner Bar surf break

Sumner Bar surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 23 Jan 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
18.5° C
 (Which is 3.7°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 12PM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 23). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Afternoon (23 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (23 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Mon
26
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)
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.8
SE
1.7
ESE
1.3
E
1.3
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)11121212111011111110101010101010912121313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)73377377376063061460438938120620015912712594906456619565635879
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
25
SW
30
SW
35
SW
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
WNW
15
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		glasscross-
off		offoffcross-
off		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:35AM
2.23
9:07PM
2.14
9:26AM
2.23
9:56PM
2.18
10:20AM
2.22
10:47PM
2.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:19AM
0.45
2:53PM
0.48
3:05AM
0.46
3:40PM
0.48
3:56AM
0.49
4:31PM
0.49
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Mon
26
Sunrise-6:15-------6:16-------6:18------
Sunset-----9:04-------9:02-------9:01--
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---331441132331311---11-
Temp. °C151517191614131212121111121313121212121415131414
Feels °C (?)151517191311129764668971011101111111112
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