New Brighton Beach surf break

New Brighton Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 27 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
17.5° 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 1PM is: 0.2m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)5s
Afternoon (27 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Evening (27 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Mon
02
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.2
ENE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
ESE
0.2
E
0.2
ESE
0.4
NE
0.6
ENE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
ENE
0.4
NE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
SSE
0.6
SSE
Period(s) (?)655699999981334455551010101314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)107747676867457161617108888835125
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
0
ENE
10
SW
5
WSW
10
SSE
30
S
10
W
15
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffglassononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononglassoffoffcrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:40AM
2.00
2:04PM
1.87
2:37AM
2.04
3:00PM
1.91
3:32AM
2.07
3:54PM
1.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:54AM
0.23
8:13PM
0.14
8:51AM
0.20
9:10PM
0.11
9:47AM
0.17
10:05PM
0.09
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Mon
02
Sunrise--7:03-------7:05-------7:05-----
Sunset-----8:19-------8:16-------8:15--
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
--------------------2661
Temp. °C10101113131313131212121314141414141213161191111
Feels °C (?)7791110101010999910111112141012144776
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