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Sumner Bar surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 30 Mar 2025 NZDTForecast 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
17.3° C
(Which is 3.8°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 7AM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (30 Mar) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 6s |
| Afternoon (30 Mar) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 12s |
| Evening (30 Mar) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Sumner Bar. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | |
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| Period(s) (?) | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
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| Energy (?) | 53 | 42 | 27 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 49 | 56 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 42 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 90 | 139 | 207 | 195 | 177 | 171 | 164 | 154 | 107 | 114 | 186 | 102 | 79 | 105 | 118 | 125 | 161 | 257 | 728 | 773 | 234 | 194 | 208 | 180 | 180 | 206 | 177 | 177 | 153 | 150 | 163 | 128 | 98 | 72 | 64 | 43 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | on | on | glass | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | glass | glass | on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | on | on | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | on | cross- on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | off | cross- off | cross- off | off | glass | cross- on | on | on | on | cross- on | on |
High Tide / height (m) | 5:40AM 2.51 | 6:08PM 2.51 | 6:36AM 2.52 | 7:08PM 2.56 | 7:36AM 2.49 | 8:09PM 2.60 | 8:38AM 2.45 | 9:07PM 2.61 | 9:39AM 2.40 | 10:04PM 2.57 | 10:37AM 2.36 | 10:59PM 2.50 | 11:31AM 2.32 | 11:54PM 2.40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 11:29PM 0.23 | 11:57AM 0.25 | 12:24AM 0.22 | 12:53PM 0.25 | 1:22AM 0.26 | 1:49PM 0.28 | 2:22AM 0.33 | 2:45PM 0.33 | 3:23AM 0.40 | 3:43PM 0.39 | 4:23AM 0.46 | 4:41PM 0.45 | 5:22AM 0.50 | 5:39PM 0.49 | 6:18AM 0.53 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 30 | Monday 31 | Tuesday 01 | Wednesday 02 | Thursday 03 | Friday 04 | Saturday 05 | Sunday 06 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 7:41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:13 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 |
| Feels °C (?) | 9 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 |
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