New Brighton Beach surf break

New Brighton Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 04 Feb 2026 NZDT
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New Brighton Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's New Brighton Beach sea temperature is
18.2° C
(Which is 3.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at New Brighton Beach today?

The current surf forecast for New Brighton Beach at 2PM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Afternoon (04 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (04 Feb)2ft (0.6m)7s

Table - waves today at New Brighton Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.4
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
NE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1.5
NE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.4
SE
0.2
SSE
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)6667713138131313135566777669114
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)201921213155951869694240495572167624834334922119
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
WNW
5
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
E
25
E
20
E
5
SE
10
W
15
W
10
W
5
SW
5
NNE
15
ENE
20
ESE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassonononononononononononononglassoffoffcross-
off
glassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:15AM
2.10
7:38PM
1.95
8:05AM
2.03
8:30PM
1.90
8:55AM
1.94
9:23PM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:03AM
0.03
1:37PM
0.10
1:55AM
0.09
2:27PM
0.14
2:46AM
0.17
3:16PM
0.19
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
Sunrise-6:31-------6:33-------6:35------
Sunset-----8:52-------8:51-------8:50--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C101011131414141414141415151515151414182319171515
Feels °C (?)899101111121211111012111112151311162219151213
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