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Sumner

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New Zealand, Clifton, New Zealand
Coordinates: -43.5647, 172.7562
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Few rocks in the water. Deep, sandy beach. Few rocks to the east. Main season October to March, with wind from the Northeast. Usually less than 20 knots but sometime stronger. Usually Northeast 3 or 4 days a week but sometimes only light. Northerly also good goes from about 20 knots up. Wind not good in winter. NW winds works here as well, but is gusty and offshore on the ocean. Full wetsuit October and November, shorty after that. Winter very cold. Water: Shallow, Flat, Smallwave, Mediumwave. Features: Parking. Rider ability: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert.

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Wind

4 kn

SW · gusts 4 kn

Waves

0.5 m

6s period

Swell

0.5 m

Tide

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Updated 08/10/2026, 01:15:10

Forecast

Thu 8Fri 9Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14W00:00SW06:00SE12:00NE18:00E00:00NE06:00NE12:00E18:00E00:00NE06:00NE12:00E18:00E00:00E06:00NE12:00E18:00SW00:00SW06:00NE12:00E18:00E00:00E06:00NW12:00NE18:00E00:00E06:00NE12:00E18:00
Wind scale
Max 30 kn
Max 1.5 m waves
Updated 08/10/2026, 01:15:10

Data: Open-Meteo

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Hazards

Few rocks in the water. Few rocks to the east. NW winds works here as well, but is gusty and offshore on the ocean.

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