New Brighton Beach surf break

New Brighton Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 30 Mar 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
16.6° 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: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 19s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 30). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (30 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (30 Mar)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


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Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.4
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.7
SE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SSE
0.5
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)12121211111111111114151515141416910161514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)174169169127121119868557703093442201319111927334810680757878
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
10
SW
10
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
5
ENE
10
SW
25
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
0
WSW
5
N
10
N
5
N
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
ononononoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glassglassglasscrosscrossononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:15AM
2.00
3:39PM
1.90
4:04AM
1.99
4:27PM
1.91
4:51AM
1.96
5:14PM
1.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:28AM
0.18
9:48PM
0.16
10:18AM
0.18
10:38PM
0.17
11:06AM
0.18
11:27PM
0.20
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
Sunrise--7:41-------7:43-------7:43-----
Sunset-----7:23-------7:22-------7:21--
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------1--------------
Temp. °C17141516151414141311101112121110101091112121314
Feels °C (?)1511121514121213116578998877910101113
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