New Brighton Beach surf break

New Brighton Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 21 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
17.6° C
(Which is 2.5°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 11AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (21 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (21 Feb)3ft (0.9m)5s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
ESE
0.7
NE
1
NE
0.9
NNE
0.6
ENE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.5
ENE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.7
N
Period(s) (?)1091099455999988141276763455
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)484530359036441915141414241418581812775172525
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
10
ENE
15
NE
25
NE
30
ENE
35
ENE
15
NNW
10
NW
15
WNW
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
0
NNW
10
NNE
20
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
20
E
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassonononononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
ononononcross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:16AM
1.90
8:41PM
1.87
9:06AM
1.87
9:35PM
1.89
10:01AM
1.85
10:34PM
1.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:12AM
0.19
2:40PM
0.20
3:04AM
0.21
3:31PM
0.20
3:59AM
0.23
4:24PM
0.20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise-6:54-------6:56-------6:58------
Sunset-----8:28-------8:27-------8:24--
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131314141415151313121519201814131211131314151516
Feels °C (?)111010989111010912161615111110111199101215
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