New Brighton Beach surf break

New Brighton Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 13 Apr 2026 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
15.6° C
(Which is 2.9°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 9PM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 13). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)--
Afternoon (13 Apr)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (13 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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


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Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.3
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
0.9
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
Period(s) (?)121211111010141414141313131313121212121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7616154102862591641441869289858454825010310469444442393721
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
25
NNW
25
N
30
NNW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
NNW
25
NW
25
NNW
20
NNW
10
WSW
15
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
5
N
15
E
15
ENE
15
NW
15
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrossoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:17PM
1.66
1:39AM
1.79
2:01PM
1.73
2:23AM
1.85
2:46PM
1.82
3:08AM
1.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:17PM
0.35
7:48AM
0.34
8:05PM
0.29
8:34AM
0.26
8:54PM
0.22
9:22AM
0.19
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise------7:00-------7:01-------7:01-
Sunset5:59-------5:57-------5:55-------
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C18171615131313171815131110910141514131111101116
Feels °C (?)1512109910101312987646121211977689
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