New Brighton Beach Surf Forecast

/ Canterbury (28 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (43.47° S 172.72° E)

Surf Forecasts:

New Brighton Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 NZST

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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 10.3° 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 11AM is: 0.1m 16s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	0.5ft (0.2m)	14s
Evening (18 Sep)	0.5ft (0.2m)	13s

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

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	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NE	NE	NE	NE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	6	9	9	7	14	14	13	13	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	29	39	19	10	20	0	17	16	31	42	56	55	37	35	25	37	40	80	79	78	50	50	58	61
Wind (km/h)	NNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	S	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	NE	E	NE	NE	NNE	N	NNW	N	N	NNW	N	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	1:25AM 1.87				1:54PM 2.00				2:17AM 1.87				2:44PM 1.98					3:05AM 1.87				3:30PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)			7:32AM 0.18				8:07PM 0.23				8:24AM 0.19				8:57PM 0.23					9:14AM 0.20				9:44PM 0.23

	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
Sunrise	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	14	16	16	10	7	6	5	5	4	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	6	12	15	14	11	12
Feels °C (?)	11	5	7	9	11	4	2	2	0	1	-1	4	3	2	0	0	2	1	3	9	11	9	5	4

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Canterbury

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at New Brighton Beach (light winds from the W at Christchurch 11 km from New Brighton Beach). 0.6m 7s swell from the NE with a 0.4m 10s swell from the ENE and a 0.2m 13s groundswell from the SE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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Actual: 30 min ago

6 km/h

Clean

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