Sumner Bar Surf Break

Sumner Bar, New Zealand Weather Observations

Lat Long: 43.56° S 172.76° E

Issued: 11 pm 22 Jun 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Sumner Bar sea temperature is
12.0° C

2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year

Sumner Bar surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Current weather conditions and live observations for Sumner Bar based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on surf-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in Sumner Bar right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather near Sumner Bar

as reported by 5 closest weather stations

Weather Station WeatherWindGustsTemp.Visibility
Visibility /
Cloud

Taylor's Mistake

3 km SSE220 m above sea level

40 minutes ago
-
0
calm
(0 km/h at 335°)
0
8.1 °C-
-
-
-
0

Christchurch

9 km WSW12 m above sea level

53 minutes ago
dry
wind obs. (10 kph from 7 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
9 °C-
-
-
-
0

CHGPC Allandale

14 km SSW200 m above sea level

40 minutes ago
-
70
gales from the E
(70 km/h at 85°)
80
5.3 °C-
-
-
-
0

Oxford wx

54 km W287 m above sea level

2 hours ago
-
0
calm
(2 km/h at 247°)
5
-1 °C-
-
-
-
0

Marchwiel wx

153 km SSW27 m above sea level

1 hour ago
dry
5
calm
(5 km/h at 172°)
5
4 °C-
-
-
-
0

SHIP2707

53 km ENE15 m above sea level

3 hours ago
-
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SHIP8258

53 km ENE3 m above sea level

3 hours ago
-
(- km/h at -°)
11.3 °C-
-


SHIP9319

53 km ENE15 m above sea level

3 hours ago
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SHIP5161

53 km ENE15 m above sea level

3 hours ago
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SHIP9730

53 km ENE15 m above sea level

3 hours ago
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* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to Sumner Bar and within an acceptable time window.

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