New Brighton Beach surf break

New Brighton Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 03 Apr 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
16.0° C
(Which is 2.7°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 11PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 03). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)--
Afternoon (03 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (03 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


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Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.8
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.4
ENE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
SE
0.3
ENE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)121212884477757566666666111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)37373429142222212511891315687075181799222235
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
5
SE
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
W
10
SW
10
SSW
5
S
5
ESE
5
NE
5
NE
0
ENE
0
ESE
5
ENE
10
E
10
E
0
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
0
ESE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffglassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:45PM
1.89
7:06AM
1.82
7:31PM
1.86
7:52AM
1.77
8:18PM
1.83
8:40AM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:03AM
0.28
1:22PM
0.28
1:50AM
0.32
2:07PM
0.33
2:38AM
0.37
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise------7:48-------7:48-------7:50-
Sunset-7:16-------7:15-------7:14------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C182016151617171514131211111112121313131212121213
Feels °C (?)161913121313141311121110101112111111131110111211
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