Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at New Brighton Beach today (25 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 14s period with ESE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 15s period with E swell.
The current surf forecast for New Brighton Beach at 9PM is: 0.3m 15s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 25). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (25 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (25 Sep) | 1ft (0.3m) | 14s |
| Evening (25 Sep) | 1ft (0.3m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at New Brighton Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 19mm), heaviest on Sun morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Sat afternoon, min 4°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (calm on Sat afternoon, fresh winds from the WSW by Sun afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||
Fri 25 | Saturday 26 | Sunday 27 | |||||||||||||||||
3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 14 | E 15 | E 15 | E 15 | ESE 14 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | NNE 6 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 15 | E 14 | E 14 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 38 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 66 | 60 | 59 | 59 | 57 | 93 | 55 | 54 | 52 | 50 | 50 | 48 | 42 | 106 | 101 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | on | glassy | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross | glassy | off | glassy | cross | cross-off | off | off | off | off | cross-off |
High Tide | 3:28PM1.84m | 3:47AM1.79m | 4:09PM1.87m | 4:30AM1.85m | 4:52PM1.88m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:38PM0.30m | 9:56AM0.26m | 10:22PM0.25m | 10:44AM0.23m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:09 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 6:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:30 | — |
mm | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | — | — |
Temp °C | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
Feels °C | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | -1 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 14 | E 15 | E 15 | E 15 | ESE 14 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | NE 5 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | ESE 12 | SE 8 | SE 8 | E 14 | E 14 |
| kJ | 38 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 66 | 60 | 59 | 59 | 57 | 30 | 25 | 30 | 19 | 16 | 50 | 15 | 21 | 106 | 101 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 16 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | S 13 | S 13 | S 11 | S 11 | S 10 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | NE 5 | ESE 12 | ESE 15 | SE 7 | SE 8 |
| kJ | 20 | 14 | 28 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 56 | 55 | 54 | 52 | 50 | 6 | 48 | 42 | 14 | 16 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 15 | ENE 3 | ENE 3 | S 14 | — | — | — | SSW 11 | E 18 | S 10 | SE 10 | E 16 | E 16 | E 16 | E 16 | E 15 | ESE 11 | ENE 8 | S 14 |
| kJ | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | 50 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 43 | 39 | 25 | 6 | 4 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 2 | NNE 4 | — | ENE 3 | — | NE 3 | NNE 3 | NE 4 | NE 5 | NNE 6 | — | NW 3 | NNW 3 | — | SSW 3 | WSW 3 | WSW 3 | WSW 3 | WSW 3 |
| kJ | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 93 | — | 6 | 3 | — | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 45 | 43 | 0 | 40 | 20 | 20 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 4 | 33 | 563 | 0 | 0 |
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