New Brighton Beach surf break

New Brighton Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 28 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
18.0° C
(Which is 3.2°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: 0.6m 4s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Afternoon (01 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Evening (01 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)13s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
ESE
0.6
ENE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.7
NNE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.4
SE
0.2
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.4
SE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.5
SE
0.1
E
0.8
SSE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)844441010101061313410119111391212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)791311188888101717342238223265154120118147112
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
10
SW
5
SW
5
ESE
25
SSW
10
WNW
10
SW
20
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononglassoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:00PM
1.91
3:32AM
2.07
3:54PM
1.94
4:23AM
2.09
4:45PM
1.96
5:13AM
2.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:10PM
0.11
9:47AM
0.17
10:05PM
0.09
10:40AM
0.14
10:58PM
0.08
11:31AM
0.13
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise------7:05-------7:07-------7:09-
Sunset-8:16-------8:15-------8:14------
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--------3651-1111-------
Temp. °C13131414131214151081110101010101112111111101012
Feels °C (?)891112121013144585333337766668
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