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Sumner BeachAround 3:00 PM GMT+12

Strong wind — difficult conditions · Low confidence

Similar forecast: Taylors Mistake.

1.3–1.3 ft · Offshore waves · not face height

Strong wind: 11.3 kt · offshore

Cautions
  • Strong wind or gusts up to 27.6 kt can make the session difficult; being first in the list does not make conditions good.
Other places to check
  • Taylors Mistake · Around 3:00 PM GMT+12 · Strong wind — difficult conditions
    1.3–1.3 ft · Offshore waves · not face height · 11.3 kt cross-shore
Why this spot?
  • This is the best time in the forecast, though wind may make it choppy.

Christchurch Coast spots

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Christchurch Coast surf forecast
SpotBreaking surfOutlookBest next 4hWindTideHourly timeline
Sumner BeachSE offshore model swell · 0.5 ft @ 4s
UnavailableStrong wind — difficult conditionsLow confidenceAround 3:00 PMSSW 12.4 ktoffshoreUnavailableunavailable
Taylors MistakeSE offshore model swell · 0.5 ft @ 4s
UnavailableStrong wind — difficult conditionsLow confidenceAround 3:00 PMSSW 12.4 ktcross-shoreUnavailableunavailable

Christchurch Coast

2 spots

Sumner Beach

Unavailable

Offshore swell: SE 0.5 ft @ 4s

Strong wind — difficult conditionsLow confidenceWhen to goAround 3:00 PM
WindSSW 12.4 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailable
Hourly timeline
UUnavailable12.3Unavailable
UUnavailable12.4Unavailable
UUnavailable12Unavailable
UUnavailable11.3Unavailable
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Taylors Mistake

Unavailable

Offshore swell: SE 0.5 ft @ 4s

Strong wind — difficult conditionsLow confidenceWhen to goAround 3:00 PM
WindSSW 12.4 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailable
Hourly timeline
UUnavailable12.3Unavailable
UUnavailable12.4Unavailable
UUnavailable12Unavailable
UUnavailable11.3Unavailable
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Seven-day outlook

DaySurfBest periodWhereWind
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 2.5–12.5 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 0–6 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 0.5–5.5 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 1.5–7 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 2.5–10 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 0.5–5.5 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 1–3.5 kt varying direction
Forecast sources 2/6 current

Coastal waves, offshore swell, and surf height describe different conditions. Source availability does not measure forecast accuracy.

Report or official forecast

MetService New Zealand Surf Forecasts

The checked MetService public marine/surf response exposes an HTML application shell but no stable named-spot payload, timestamp schema, units, or update contract; no forecast is scraped.
UnavailableNo source time

Wave observation

New Zealand Regional Wave Buoy Pages

Environment Canterbury documents its Banks Peninsula buoy identity, units, three-hour transmission cadence, and 76 m depth, but the direct anonymous response available to the product is a 212-byte Incapsula challenge. South Island Waves returned an empty public list and no observations, so no buoy value is connected.
UnavailableNo source time

Tide prediction

NIWA Tide Forecasting API

NIWA tide requests require an API key; no credential bypass is attempted and no station, datum, timezone, or current value is available.
UnavailableNo source time

Tide prediction

LINZ Tide Predictions and Sea-Level Data

LINZ is retained as an official tide-table reference, but no spot-specific station, distance, chart datum, timezone, and current response is connected.
UnavailableNo source time

Forecast model

Open-Meteo Marine API

2 of 2 configured model points available
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