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Sumner Bar Surf Photo: 'Sumner 20 July 2008' by robd

Lat Long: 43.56° S 172.76° E

Issued: 5 am 23 Jun 2026 (local time)

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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.

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ESE	N	ENE	E	E
	12 s	glass	6 s	6 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 19 July at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Sumner Bar around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	NE	ENE	E	SSE
	6 s	on	6 s	11 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 19 July at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Sumner Bar around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	NNE	ENE	SSE	E
	6 s	on	6 s	12 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 19 July at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Sumner Bar around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	NNE	ENE	SSE	E
	6 s	cross- on	6 s	10 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 19 July at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Sumner Bar around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	N	NE	ENE	SSE
	6 s	cross- on	6 s	6 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 19 July at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Sumner Bar around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	NNW	NE	ENE	SSE
	6 s	cross- on	7 s	6 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 20 July at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Sumner Bar around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	N	NE	E	SSE
	6 s	cross- on	6 s	8 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 20 July at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Sumner Bar around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NW		ENE	SSE
	7 s	cross		7 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 20 July at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Sumner Bar around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NW		ENE	SSE
	7 s	cross		7 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 20 July at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Sumner Bar around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	NW		ENE	SSE
	8 s	cross		8 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 20 July at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Sumner Bar around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	W		ENE	SSE
	8 s	glass		8 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 20 July at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Sumner Bar around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	W		ENE	SSE
	10 s	glass		10 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 20 July at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Sumner Bar around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	W		ENE	E
	10 s	cross- off		8 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 20 July at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Sumner Bar around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	SW	SSW	ENE	ENE
	8 s	off	3 s	8 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 July at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Sumner Bar around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	WSW	SSW	ENE	ENE
	8 s	off	3 s	8 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 July at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Sumner Bar around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	WNW		ENE	ENE
	8 s	cross- off		8 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 July at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Sumner Bar around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	WNW	SW	ENE	S
	8 s	cross- off	3 s	8 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 July at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Sumner Bar around the time the photo was taken

Image captured 2 hours and 19 minutes before low water (falling ordinary tide). Tide height was 1.0m (3.2 ft). Range 2.38m (7.8 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Sumner Bar Surf Photo: 'Sumner 20 July 2008' by robd

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User: robd (7 photos)

Country: New Zealand (2470 photos)

Photo taken at: 9:30 am 20 Jul 2008