New Brighton Beach surf break

New Brighton Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 19 Jul 2025 NZST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
10.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at New Brighton Beach today?

The current surf forecast for New Brighton Beach at 8PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 19). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 20s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jul)--
Afternoon (19 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (19 Jul)3ft (0.9m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)101010101111111111101010101010101010101010101314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)1321301701771951661541491101021009873737374737171716481100138
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
W
5
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
SW
5
SE
5
W
5
WSW
5
W
0
NW
0
NNE
5
NE
5
WSW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
glassoffoffglassglassglassglassoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:49PM
1.86
12:25PM
1.96
12:48AM
1.87
1:24PM
2.02
1:47AM
1.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:40PM
0.23
6:04AM
0.16
6:39PM
0.23
7:01AM
0.14
7:38PM
0.21
7:58AM
0.11
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Sunrise------7:54-------7:52-------7:52-
Sunset5:15-------5:15-------5:16-------
cloudclearclearclearcloudclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearpart cloudpart cloudpart cloudcloudcloudpart cloudpart cloudclearclearclear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C109887778111087766798777878
Feels °C (?)665544458854544575333446
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Canterbury

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at New Brighton Beach (moderate winds from the SSW at Taylor's Mistake 13 km from New Brighton Beach). A 1.2m swell from the E

    New Brighton Beach
Expand
<
>
View all

Actual: 56 min ago

22 km/h
SSW
Cross-Off
Please reload the page to see if there are any updates.

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our New Brighton Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest
Nearest
Nearest