Sumner Bar Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.56° S 172.76° E

Sumner Bar, New Zealand Weather Observations

Issued: 11 am 22 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Sumner Bar sea temperature is
11.6°C
2.0° 

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

Main Road

3 km WSW4 m above sea level

1 hour ago
Dry
5
light winds from the E
(7 km/h at 90°)
12.1 °C-
-
-
-
-

Clearview

3 km SSW250 m above sea level

1 hour ago
Dry
10
light winds from the NE
(11 km/h at 45°)
10.5 °C-
-
-
-
-

Godley Head

5 km SE133 m above sea level

1 hour ago
Dry
10
light winds from the NE
(9 km/h at 45°)
11 °C-
-
-
-
-

Te Awaparahi wx

5 km S243 m above sea level

2 hours ago
dry
5
light winds from the NE
(6 km/h at 56°)
10
13 °C-
-
-
-
0

Lyttelton

6 km S20 m above sea level

1 hour ago
Dry
25
moderate winds from the E
(24 km/h at 90°)
10.9 °C-
-
-
-
-

ICaliforniaNTERB76

6 km WNW4 m above sea level

1 hour ago
Dry
10
light winds from the NE
(11 km/h at 45°)
14.2 °C-
-
-
-
-

New Brighton Pier

6 km NW9 m above sea level

1 hour ago
No weather report
20
moderate winds from the NE
(20 km/h at 45°)
10.7 °C-
-
-
-
-

CASS_WS1

7 km SSW90 m above sea level

1 hour ago
No weather report
wind obs. (6 kph from 270 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
12.0 °C-
-
-
-
-

GSMK

8 km SW168 m above sea level

1 hour ago
Dry
0
calm
(2 km/h at 315°)
13.0 °C-
-
-
-
-

Christchurch

9 km WSW12 m above sea level

2 hours ago
dry
0
calm
(0 km/h at 0°)
0
14 °C-
-
-
-
0

* 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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