New Brighton Beach surf break

New Brighton Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 01 Dec 2025 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
15.8° C
(Which is 3.4°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 3PM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm December 01). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (01 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (01 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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

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Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ENE
0.4
SE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
Period(s) (?)915111110101111111111101010101010101099677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)80622812751061081581231212608378727351503332302928445461
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
25
E
30
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
10
SE
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
NE
5
E
5
ESE
5
SSE
0
S
5
SE
5
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
10
SSE
5
SSW
5
S
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffglassglassglassglasscrossglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:50PM
1.86
2:22AM
1.91
2:45PM
1.91
3:17AM
2.03
3:40PM
1.97
4:13AM
2.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:38AM
0.26
8:06PM
0.18
8:34AM
0.20
8:59PM
0.11
9:32AM
0.14
9:54PM
0.04
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Sunrise-------5:43-------5:43-------5:41
Sunset---8:52-------8:52-------8:53----
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------1311----
Temp. °C171715141313111114171816151313131212131211111110
Feels °C (?)15129101011910121618151512121091012109876
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