New Brighton Beach surf break

New Brighton Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 08 Mar 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
16.6° C
(Which is 2.0°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 3AM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Afternoon (08 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (08 Mar)2ft (0.6m)7s

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


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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
1
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 (?)
0.7
ENE
1.5
NE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.5
E
0.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)1466678777777766151514141413131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18618348353044624638271910101210232220191817177215
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
15
ESE
5
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
15
ENE
10
ESE
25
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
S
0
NNE
10
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffglassoncross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:49PM
1.83
9:12AM
1.77
9:40PM
1.78
10:03AM
1.70
10:33PM
1.75
10:56AM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:07AM
0.32
3:28PM
0.33
3:56AM
0.39
4:16PM
0.39
4:46AM
0.45
5:03PM
0.44
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise----7:15-------7:16-------7:16---
Sunset-------8:02-------8:01-------8:00
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161515151823181815131211111211121211111111121212
Feels °C (?)1414151417231617118766879999109877
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