New Brighton Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.47° S 172.72° E

New Brighton Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 15 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's New Brighton Beach sea temperature is
10.7°C
1.2° 

New Brighton Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at New Brighton Beach today (16 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 4s period with N swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 3s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 10s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for New Brighton Beach at 6AM is: 0.4m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)2ft (0.6m)4s
Afternoon (16 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)3s
Evening (16 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Wed afternoon, min 4°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
ENE
6
0.6
ENE
6
0.6
ENE
6
0.4
ENE
6
0.6
N
4
0.4
NE
5
0.5
N
3
0.2
ESE
10
0.2
ENE
5
0.2
E
12
0.2
ESE
12
0.3
ESE
12
0.3
ESE
11
0.3
ESE
11
0.3
ESE
10
0.3
ESE
10
0.3
ESE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
26
27
27
15
9
7
6
10
4
12
14
26
24
23
20
20
19
Wind (km/h)
5
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
W
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
W
10
W
15
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
15
WSW
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
High Tide
7:52PM1.82m
8:21AM1.85m
8:45PM1.75m
9:15AM1.80m
Low Tide
2:10AM0.27m
2:40PM0.34m
2:59AM0.34m
3:31PM0.40m
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:30
6:28
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:17
6:19
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
11
9
8
8
11
15
16
11
9
9
8
7
7
7
8
7
7
Feels °C
9
5
5
5
9
12
13
8
7
7
5
3
3
3
3
1
3
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