New Brighton Beach surf break

New Brighton Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 29 Oct 2025 NZDT
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
13.5° C
(Which is 2.6°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 2AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Oct)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (29 Oct)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (29 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)4s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
Friday
31
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
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
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
NE
0.3
ENE
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.6
E
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NE
0.1
SE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.4
NNW
0.1
E
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)10910977844544910108101414154969
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)553526167174212201074332122020215249
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
WSW
20
SW
15
WSW
5
N
20
E
25
ENE
15
NE
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
NW
25
NW
35
WNW
30
NW
20
WNW
10
WNW
10
SW
10
WSW
20
SW
15
S
5
SW
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossoffoffoffcross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:49PM
1.56
11:14AM
1.70
11:36PM
1.56
12:00PM
1.72
12:22AM
1.59
12:45PM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:56AM
0.47
5:31PM
0.47
5:41AM
0.45
6:15PM
0.44
6:27AM
0.40
7:00PM
0.38
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
Friday
31
Sunrise---6:16-------6:15-------6:13----
Sunset-------8:08-------8:09-------8:12
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C76559131211118661016161513109912111010
Feels °C (?)431-15106475227108887667788
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